MA Governor Signs Bill into Law

Key take aways include:

·       Prioritize regs and applications for vendor licensing for critical functions such as geolocation service providers and KYC suppliers.

·       Create a “notice of intent” for the competitive mobile licenses so they can have an understanding of how many companies are interested in applying.

·       Establish a “criterion” for companies that are seeking competitive mobile licenses.

·       Recognize that retail could launch sooner than mobile, but they are committed to working towards an equitable mobile launch

·       Building a dedicated webpage where it will post all information related to the regulatory process.

·       Hold a series of stakeholder’s meetings to get input on the regulatory process. The first one will be with the state licensed casinos/OTBs.

iDEA played a role in shaping the final policies in the bill. Many of the key items we advocated for were adopted by the legislature. You can read a sample of the letter that was sent to all 6 members of the conference committee here: iDEA-Letter-to-Senator-Lesser_6.8.22.pdf (ideagrowth.org)

We also focused our efforts on House conferees, who truly led the negotiations and were successfully in negating several of the problematic provision that were included in the Senate bill.

Now we will focus our engagement on the Mass Gaming Commission during their regulatory process.