The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts Gaming Commission (State gaming and racing regulator) · Massachusetts
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- M.G.L. c. 23K; c. 128A
- Issued
- 2020-07-03 July 3, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-06
- End
- Conditions rescinded May 29, 2021 (Ex. 037) (read as 2021-05-29)
- In force
- July 6, 2020 to May 29, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
- Addressees
- Encore Boston Harbor, MGM Springfield, Plainridge Park Casino
- Plainridge Park Racecourse, Suffolk Downs, Raynham Park
- Functions reached
- SF gaming floors reopened July 6, 2020 under Ex. 030
- SP racing resumed under Ex. 031
- CB out-of-state travelers subject to the Governor's July 24, 2020 quarantine order ($500 daily fine), noted by the Commission to licensees
- Collection
- State gaming and racing regulators AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING
Operative words
On July 2, 2020, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted unanimously to vacate the order of May 14, 2020 in which the Commission unanimously voted to temporarily suspend the operations of the state's three gaming facilities (Encore Boston Harbor, MGM Springfield and Plainridge Park Casino), subject to the protocols enacted previously by the Commission for COVID-19 and effective July 6, 2020.... The Commission also voted unanimously to vacate the order of May 7, 2020 postponing horse racing at Plainridge Park from June 1, 2020 until further notice, subject to the COVID-19 protocols that were passed July 2, 2020 by the Gaming Commission, effective July 6, 2020.
Enforcement
Reopening 'subject to the protocols'; c. 23K, § 35
Notes
Fixes the 113-day closure (Mar. 15 - July 6, 2020) and the racing postponement (June 1 - July 6, 2020).