Mass Gaming is the lone applicant for the resort casino license reserved for the southeastern region of the state. Springfield is the third largest city in Massachusetts (Boston is the largest, followed by Worcester, then Springfield) and it is the fourth largest in New. Meanwhile, commission members said they’re still actively reviewing Mass Gaming and Entertainment for the final casino license in Massachusetts. Jackpots In August, MGM Springfield paid out over 4,800 jackpots totaling more than 12,300,000 One of our lucky guests hit our largest individual jackpot of 100,000. MGM Springfield boasts an all-time revenue mark of 1.1 billion, which has resulted in 290.3 million worth of taxes. That total ranks third among Massachusetts casinos, behind Encore Boston Harbor (16 billion) and Plainridge Park (15.5 billion). “Somewhere along the line something happened that we didn’t know about until very late in the game.” More specifically, MGM Springfield has generated a total handle of 10,411,798,675.
“This is a very big issue which caught us by surprise,” Crosby said. MGM and other licensed casino companies deliver quarterly status reports to the commission, which also has paid staff and consultants monitoring the developments, he and other commission members noted. Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby said he’s frustrated the cost inflation problems didn’t come to light sooner. Cost led us to start evaluating the design.” “I’m not going to pretend that cost is not the issue. “This is largely a reaction to pricing,” he said. Pressed by commission members, Mathis acknowledged Thursday that the changes were prompted by higher-than-expected construction and labor costs.
