Safeguards are needed in Mass. Lottery’s proposed online expansion.
Hear more from MACGH Chief Communications Officer Phil Sherwood on New England Public Media.
Safeguards are needed in Mass. Lottery’s proposed online expansion.
Hear more from MACGH Chief Communications Officer Phil Sherwood on New England Public Media.

MACGH CEO Marlene Warner is raising an important concern about the proposal to introduce HHR machines in Massachusetts: gambling shouldn’t expand without the player health protections to match.

As artificial intelligence plays a growing role in sports betting, important questions are being raised about how the technology is used and what protections are needed for players.

“There’s the ability to just place wagers that much faster…”, our CEO Marlene Warner notes in this latest Boston Globe article on Massachusetts iLottery. The piece also highlights player protection tools, including voluntary self-exclusion for those who want to block access to the MA iLottery app.