The Massachusetts legislature may not have crossed all the t’s and dotted all the i’s in the MA sports betting bill.
HB 5164, put no cap on the number of temporary licenses that can be handed out and there is a very low bar to qualify. That is the main reason why there is still no timeline for when Massachusetts sportsbooks may launch, commissioners explained at Thursday’s meeting.
That meant, despite Commissioner Bradford Hill’s pleading, a timeline was not given Thursday. That may not come until after Sept. 22’s roundtable with mobile sports betting operators.
“Part of the reason we can’t give those dates, quite frankly, is the topic that’s taken up the bulk of our time this morning,” Commissioner Eileen O’Brien said. “If we didn’t have to deal with that, we would be closer to the time that you’re talking about and being able to give a timeline.”