THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION sounded unenthusiastic about gambling in southeastern Massachusetts on Wednesday, with the chairman lamenting a Brockton casino proposal’s lack of “wow factor” and other commissioners raising concerns […]
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Attorney says he briefed Wynn lawyer on Lightbody
THE THREE DEFENDANTS in the Wynn Resorts land fraud trial rested their case on Wednesday after calling just one witness and playing an audio tape of the grand jury testimony […]
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Commission crunches casino numbers
A CONSULTING FIRM working for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission estimated on Tuesday that the state would net less tax revenue overall if the commission approves a commercial casino in Brockton […]
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Charlie (bleeping) Lightbody
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS are alleging in US District Court in Boston that some of the owners of a piece of land in Everett defrauded Wynn Resorts by concealing the involvement of […]
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Tale of the tape in Wynn land case
DEFENSE LAWYERS IN THE FEDERAL FRAUD TRIAL of three men accused of concealing the involvement of a convicted felon in the sale of land in Everett to Wynn Resorts plan […]
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What did Wynn Resorts know and when did it know it?
THE QUESTION OF WHEN WYNN RESORTS learned of convicted felon Charles Lightbody’s involvement in the casino company’s Everett land deal became harder to answer on Wednesday when witnesses in a […]
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Witness: Wynn Resorts was told about Lightbody in 2012
TWO TOP OFFICIALS AT WYNN RESORTS were told in November 2012 that the owners of the Everett land they were seeking to buy included a man with a “checkered past” […]
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Construction cost of Wynn rooms put at $1 million apiece
A TOP WYNN RESORTS OFFICIAL said on Friday that the construction cost of each room at the proposed Wynn Boston Harbor hotel will be $1 million, which is more than […]
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Felon involvement in Wynn land deal called problem
THE LEGAL COUNSEL OF WYNN RESORTS pushed back on Friday against the notion that buying land for a casino in Everett from a convicted felon would not pose legal problems […]
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Wise guys offer their take on Gaming Commission
CHARLES LIGHTBODY AND DARIN BUFALIONO were grumbling in late 2012 about how wise guys are always discriminated against. Lightbody said it was unfair that people like him, a convicted felon, […]
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Was Lightbody’s involvement in land deal illegal?
THE HEAD OF THE INVESTIGATIVE ARM of the state Gaming Commission said she was “extremely concerned” when she learned reputed organized crime members may be part of the group selling […]
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Wynn land case opens with lots of expletives
A STREAM OF SWEAR WORDS cascaded around a federal courtroom in Boston on Tuesday as US Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s office opened its case against three men accused of concealing the […]
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Casinos dangle funny money to lure customers
Think of it as the candy cigarettes of the casino industry. Players lose no actual money on the online games recently unveiled by Plainridge Park Casino. But they can still […]
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Steve Wynn courts the press in Medford
STEVE WYNN CAME TO MEDFORD on Tuesday. The 74-year-old Las Vegas casino developer is walking with a cane and his already poor eyesight appears to be getting worse, but he […]
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Mashpee Wampanoag tribe places big bet
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe went all-in on its proposed Taunton casino on Monday, announcing the facility would begin opening in phases next year. The aggressive move by the tribe to […]
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McHugh turns out to be right about Wynn
The seemingly never-ending battles between the proposed Wynn Resorts casino in Everett and its surrounding communities are no surprise to James McHugh, who in September 2014 predicted the infighting that […]
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Fish calls casino ‘game-changer’ for MA
JOHN FISH, the developer chosen by Wynn Resorts to build the company’s $1.7 billion Everett casino, said on Wednesday that the ongoing delays in building the facility are reinforcing an […]
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Curtatone invites Steve Wynn to call him
WYNN RESORTS on Wednesday ratcheted up the pressure on Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone to drop an environmental challenge to the company’s $1.7 billion hotel and casino in Everett, but Curtatone […]
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Wynn bullish on Everett casino potential
STEVE WYNN said on Thursday that he remains bullish about the potential of the proposed Wynn Resorts casino and hotel in Everett, in part because Boston has so many air […]
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Revere officials find major code violations at Wonderland site
REVERE MAYOR BRIAN ARRIGO said city inspectors have identified code violations at the former Wonderland dog track that could lead to fines totaling $10,000 to $15,000 a day. Arrigo indicated […]
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Boston-Wynn ‘treaty’ approved
The war between the city of Boston and Wynn Resorts is officially over, complete with the approval of what the executive director of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission described as a […]
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Walsh cashes in his chips
Maybe it was the heady feeling of closing the deal to bring General Electric to town or perhaps the realization that he needed to cut his losses that pushed Boston […]
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A tale of two companies
STEVE WYNN MUST BE CRYING in front of his Picasso reading about the efforts of state and city officials to bring GE to Boston. The so-called Summary of Incentives agreement […]
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AG: Gaming Commission violated Open Meeting Law
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY’S OFFICE said the Massachusetts Gaming Commission violated the state’s Open Meeting Law on several occasions by holding private meetings where operation and management of the agency was […]
