To hear Boston Mayor Martin Walsh tell it, there’s no point in further negotiations with Wynn Resorts. He also claims that insufficient information has been put on the table for an arbitrator to make a decision. Steve Wynn’s offers, he says, are chump change — 600 grand a year and some loans, much, much less than what he was promised by Mohegan Sun. Ergo, he’s invoking an obscure power of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and demanding that it hash out the terms of a Boston/Wynn deal itself.
“Under state law, the commission can now decide what, if anything, Boston should receive in annual mitigation payments from Wynn for their project as part of a surrounding community agreement.” I’d not thought of Walsh as a gambler but this appears to be a high-risk gambit.
United Coin, the company that brings you “Trailer Station” is changing its name to the more prestigious-sounding Century Gaming Technologies. United operates a 440-site, 3,250-machine slot route in Nevada. That’s impressive but it pales slightly before parent company Century Gaming‘s 3,950-slot route in Montana. Some consolidation of operations is expected to accompany the move. The change also accompanies the rollout of a slew of new Century products.
