Excellent piece by Steve Ruddock at Online Poker Report regarding the "Massachusetts Model" highlighted at last week's National Council of Legislators from Gambling States (NCLGS) conference.

Massachusetts may have been late to the casino party that’s swept across the United States during the past two decades, but now that it has arrived on the scene, the state is blazing new trails on a number of fronts. This includes everything from the number of licenses to the application process for licensees to installing robust responsible gaming procedures that go above and beyond anything currently in place.
Read the entire article here: http://www.onlinepokerreport.com/217...ng-regulation/