
The sports wagering industry in Massachusetts is on fire. In the year that’s passed since the Bay State began to allow gambling on professional and some college sports, more than $6.2 billions dollars has been spent on sports wagering by over 1.6 million gamblers, generating more than half-a-billion in revenue for operators and hundreds of millions for the state, according to a new report presented by Gaming Commission staff this week. Retail sports wagering first went live in Massachusetts on January 31, 2023, and online gambling followed soon after, on...