"The cannabis industry is an important part of the Massachusetts economy - supporting jobs and local businesses and generating revenue for cities and towns," Healey said in a statement. "It's important that we are doing everything we can to make sure this industry is set up for success."
The remote casino sector, which is industry jargon for online gaming, is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the market. It quietly overtook traditional sports betting a few years ago and hasn't looked back since.
The warm weather initiative began on March 30, according to a memo the Wu administration's Coordinated Response Team sent to the City Council on Monday. The CRT is an interdepartmental group that works to eliminate outdoor substance use and connect people suffering from addiction with treatment and recovery options.
The proposed legislation, PL-1808/2026, seeks to completely dismantle the regulatory framework established by Brazil's Bets Law, which was implemented on January 1, 2025. This includes a ban on all forms of online gambling operations, advertising, and payment processing, with significant penalties for violations.
Massachusetts is known for being one of the least transparent states in the country when it comes to the accessibility of public records. The governor, judiciary, and state lawmakers enjoy broad exemptions for compliance with public records requests. There are no independent statewide audits of compliance with public records law.
The problem here is 100% the ability to resell the items from the loot boxes. A loot box/gacha mechanic is fine when you can't turn around and resell the items because you're not getting something of value. When Valve is also providing a marketplace for those items, they've added the third element.
House Bill 1226, titled the Maryland Illegal Online Gambling Enforcement Act, would let the Attorney General issue cease-and-desist orders to any sweepstakes operator accused of offering or promoting illegal online gambling in the state. It also requires the Attorney General to keep a public list of website URLs that have received those orders, effectively creating a blacklist that others would be expected to follow.
Attorney General (Rob) Bonta's regulations threaten to eliminate more than half of California's cardroom jobs and wipe out a critical source of revenue for dozens of cities. These games have operated legally for decades under multiple attorneys general, yet one public official is now moving to shut them down without identifying a single public safety concern or addressing the 1,764 public comments about these regulations.
