Amendment ID: S2856-118

Amendment 118

Gaming Revenue

Ms. Rausch moves that the proposed new text be amended by adding the following section:- 

SECTION _. (a) The Massachusetts gaming commission established pursuant to chapter 23K of the General Laws, hereinafter referred to as the commission, shall review the economic and employment performance of its licensees and identify strategies for improvement and any related policy updates. Said review shall include but not be limited to: (i) employment opportunities; (ii) the negative or positive implications on the integrity of the commonwealth’s revenue generation and estimates thereto as a result of the prospective operation of a sovereign nation tribal facility, permitted under the provisions of the United States Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in region C, as defined by section 19 of said chapter 23K; and (iii) the revenue impacts of competitor state gaming industry facilities on the Massachusetts industry with estimates thereto, inclusive of the racing and simulcast industries.

(b) The commission shall report its findings together with any recommended legislative changes as well as accompanying revenue and employment generation estimates associated with said recommendations to the secretary of economic development, the attorney general, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the chairs of the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies and the clerks of the house and senate not later than October 1, 2025.