Sports Betting In Massachusetts Takes A Positive Pivot

By Giovanni Shorter | June 11, 2021
Massachusetts Legislature
  • Massachusetts lawmakers will be reviewing sports betting bills at their upcoming session hearing.
  • A total of 19 sports betting bills will all be presented.
  • This will be the first time sports betting is presented in 2021.

BOSTON – Sports betting fans in Massachusetts rejoice as lawmakers will finally review sports betting bills at the next Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies session hearing.

There will be a total of 19 bills presented at the hearing on Thursday, June 18. Senators and Representatives have been filing bills since the start of 2021.

Sports betting in Massachusetts has failed to be reviewed at multiple session hearings so far this season. This forthcoming hearing will be mainly focused on legal gambling in the form of sports betting.

Massachusetts Sports Betting Bills

All 19 sports betting bills all differ in many ways. Some bills focus on using sports betting revenue for education, some focus on public priority, and a bulk of the bills are only aimed at the potential regulations.

This session will have each bill reviewed, potentially resulting in amendments combining some aspects of multiple bills until only a handful of sports betting bills are available.

During the recent 2022 budget hearing, sports betting was not included. Despite this, local lawmakers were still optimistic about eventually presenting their sports betting bills before the year was done. Brendan Crighton, Massachusetts State Senator, was focused on consumer protection.

Now that the many bills will finally see the light of day, there is even more growing enthusiasm among lawmakers with a potential sports betting market in the Bay State.

Massachusetts is home to the New England Patriots, the Boston Celtics, and the Boson Red Sox to name a few. There is a strong local fanbase that would surely jump on a sports betting market.

Additionally, DraftKings, one of the leaders in regulated sports betting in the US, is headquartered in Boston, the state’s capital, and was founded in MA.

A potential Massachusetts market could see major revenue monthly should they ever launch. This could motivate local lawmakers to truly come to an agreement on a sports betting bill sooner rather than later.

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