Senate Bill 2862 passed in April 2022 and was much stricter on player protections and problem gambling. House Bill 3993 passed in 2021 and took a more conventional approach to sports betting. However, they looked very different from one another. The Massachusetts legislature initially passed sports betting legalization bills months ago in both the House and the Senate. On AugMassachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed House Bill 5164 into law, legalizing sports betting in the state.
