 Okay, so good morning, everyone. Today is February 15th. We're holding this meeting in Massachusetts Gaining Commission, a virtually, so I'll conduct a roll call. Good morning, Commissioner O'Brien. Good morning. I'm here. Good morning, Commissioner Hill. Good morning. I'm here. Good morning, Commissioner Skinner. Good morning. And good morning, Commissioner Maynard. Good morning, Madam Chair. I'm here. All right, let's get started. Today is an agenda-setting meeting, public meeting number 140, Wednesday, February 15th, and we've got some good meetings to turn to. First, turning to our next meeting next Thursday, Executive Director Wells, February 23rd. Yep. You'll have an administrative update. Yep. So I had, do we have any meeting minutes though? I've done a draft of the agenda based on Crystal's notes. Do we have meeting minutes? Oh, my apologies. My apologies. I just skipped right over them. No, no, no, you did it in order. I just have it in a different order on the, I think, but yeah, we'll keep an administrative update. Oh, but we did have minutes for today to approve. So item number two, thank you for the reminder. Commissioner Hill, do you want to get started on those? Yes, Madam Chair, I move that the commission approve the minutes from the February 1st, 2023 agenda-setting meeting that are included in the commissioner's packet, subject to any necessary corrections, but typographical errors are other non-material matters. Sure, did you have those? Because I don't think I had them in the packet. Did everybody have? Yeah, it was a separate email, I think. Right. So is everyone okay with that? All right, as long as that's okay, we'll make sure that they're included in the packet for memorializing everything. So did I hear a second? Second. Thank you. Any questions or edits? Commissioner O'Brien? Aye. Commissioner Hill? Aye. Commissioner Skinner? Aye. Commissioner Maynard? Aye. So I vote yes. So 5-0. Thank you. And thanks for the good work on those. And now we'll turn to the 23rd and Karen will be administrative update. I don't know if you have any details or commissioners you want something precisely from Karen to address next week. Nothing in particular. Okay. And then, how minutes, particular regulations. Do we know, I'm just doing the draft of the agenda. Do we know which meeting minutes would be available for the 23rd? Does anyone know? We take a look and get back to you. Okay. I'm about to see what's in the hopper. Okay, and if you could let me know, because I'm just, I have definitely. This one's excellent that Executive Director Wells is doing this. So now you'll know, Karen, that we sometimes don't know when the minutes are coming, but now the legal department will work with you to get them, look at Judy's smile. Thank you so much. It comes fast and furious. All right, I have a placeholder. We're good. But the date is always useful, right? Judy, so thank you. All right, we're turning then to Regs. Would it be possible to circle back on this? I'm just conferring with Carrie on whether 205CMR 255 would just play management is actually on for the 23rd? Okay, okay. We'll swing back. Don't let me forget. Thank you. All righty. If I, Madam Chair, I just had a text exchange with Carrie regarding 255 and I do have some information on that. So there is some confusion about when that was planned to come up. Carrie was under the assumption it was in March. Now there has, this is a regulation that came before the commission at the end of January on January 20th, I wanna say. We decided that it would be best to get some input from some of our operators and others interested in play management tools. We did have that meeting a couple of weeks ago. We got some really, I think important feedback. I've sent that draft regulation. I wanna make sure that we get GLI feedback on that as well. So in my mind, it would be pushing it to have it out there on the 23rd, but not impossible. But if there is three ways, I think that it would probably benefit from a little extra time. Great, Caitlin, if you and Carrie can coordinate when the best time is given, Mark's input. Absolutely, thank you. Tara, just reviewing the minutes. It's my recollection from reviewing the minutes that there was a discussion on February 1st that this regulation would come back before the commission in March, if that helps. But I haven't been privy to any discussion since then. We're okay. We'll just, it obviously got on inadvertently and so now we'll just coordinate when the right date is and so we'll continue. Are there any other regulations? There is going to be one more regulation, but that would be discussed in conjunction with agenda item number five, marketing affiliates. So that's 205, CMR, I believe it's 234, yep, sports wagering vendors. That should be it for the 23rd. So Caitlin, would that, because I've got that two separate agenda items, the marketing affiliates and the regs, should the regs go under with the discussion of marketing affiliates? I think that's right, yep. Okay, so it'd be a marketing affiliates discussion is the agenda item and then the reg would be the next agenda, got it. Okay. Okay. So as to item number five, director Lilly, oh no, sorry. Let's look at marketing affiliates given the reg connection. The director Lilly Elsobrada, are you going to be all set with that? Yes, we've been working with Caitlin and her team in A and K. So this is all one topic and we'll be, we've got to be ready on the 23rd and we will be ready on the 23rd. Okay, so we'll connect those two. Now we have sports wagering implementation, Karen and director Bant. So I have for sports wagering, the finalization of temporary licensing process for category three operators. So the ones that are prepared to go live on the date of March 10th, they will have submitted their $1 million fee, their cover sheet indicating the request for the temporary license and then you'll have my documentation identifying them as a qualified gaming entity. And then do we have to just, do we have to have a vote for that? Approving it, Karen? Yes. I thought we can. Okay, so we reserve a vote on both the regs and the sports wagering implementation. Is there something else for you or Bruce? I don't think so, Bruce. Can you think of anything? Well, I'll unmute myself again. No, I won't have anything additional on what Karen has for that point. Well, we'll just wait and see, right Bruce? We've got a whole good week and a day or so. A lot happens in a week around here, believe me. That's right. Okay, thank you. All right, then I think that looks like what we have. That's all sports wagering related, correct? So we'll turn to Dr. Leipan. It's so nice to see you in person, briefly Dr. Leipan, how are you, Alex? Good, good to see you guys too. So we'll be ready for the two racing items, the local aid payments and the recovery of the end claim tickets. And they both require a vote from the commission. And I know that you'll have, as you always do, we'll have a memo for us well in advance. So thank you, Alex. Yeah, we'll hand that out today. And Alex, should that be you or Chad that's listed to handle those? Chad will actually present those. So they can put Chad down for those. Okay. We'll have the lead me, Alex though, and then Chad, please. And just so everyone knows, Karen is stepping in so kindly doing this as Crystal transitions to her new role. But I wanted to let everyone know that if you have any items that any of your work matters that come up where you need to have commissioner input, if you could just direct those inquiries to me and CC Karen and Judy. And I'll work to see if we can add them to any anticipated agenda as we look to fill Crystal's position. So with respect to materials, because Alex is probably thinking, who do I send those materials to? Trudy is going to be able to receive those and ultimately put them into the PDF packet. And Trudy, you'll see today the minutes and we'll make sure all the packet is available. And Karen won't have that on her list. Today she's actually really helpful for Karen to do this exercise a couple of times because she realizes the details that go into this process. I know she's always appreciated them. So send and you can CC Karen and me on materials that go to Trudy. And then to the extent Trudy, you can distribute them in advance to the commissioners and then ultimately put them in a single packet so that they're readily available for the commissioners. Otherwise, we can't remember who sent us. So we have to search our email boxes. So are you all set Trudy? Oh, yes, I'm all set. Thank you. Okay, excellent. Thank you. All right, Karen, does that sound good? Yeah. Then your bosses have been inundated any more than mine. So we've got those two racing matters turning them to an exemption request. I almost forgot that Dave, is he there? Dave McKenzie? I think, or Carolyn? Is Carolyn or? Well, there's a lot of good cover for him, right? Loretta, no problem. Yeah, Loretta, would this be Cara or would this be Dave that would hand this in the public? I apologize. My attention was, I was multitasking. Actually, I was single-tasking because apparently I wasn't listening at all. I'm sorry. I can't believe that. I know. I've really, I true self-sacrificed myself. I mean, commissioners, that's how I'll pause and recognize that Loretta wasn't listening to every word that we were saying. You know, I love your candor, Loretta, as always. I wasn't listening to every word we were saying either. Okay, now that's a bigger admission than mine. It is usually held, the last few have been done by David. So I think that's up to you, Loretta, but that was who said this over and that, who's been presenting. So this is for the exemption of us. She don't want to exempt you. Dave will handle that. Under Cara's supervision. Got it. And now you already have those documents. I guess I'll come back into the meeting. Loretta, so we're all set on the exemption. I'll set Dave. Dave McCabe will handle it. And Crystal has the docs already, which shows you that I may be distracted, but the team is really on the point. Loretta, because you were just slightly distracted, we want all documents to now go to Trudy's attention. Yes, yes, I did get that. Karen and me, it's copy. Okay, thank you so much. And I just muted myself and went out so that I too was being in the dark for a minute. That's my dream to be able to not pay attention 100% here. Next, we're turning then to game sense update, my favorite report. Good, my tip. Yeah, we will be set for the 23rd. I told our game sense team about 30 minutes or so, and it's nice. It's a good time. I think it keeps everything nice and fresh and pertinent. And to the extent they ever need something more, just come to us. But right now, let's play another half an hour. Do you know who's leading? I don't have that information. That's all right. All right. Thank you. And then Crystal Bushman, annual report. Oh, see, now I was on the wrong screen. So, Crystal, I have just muted the final, not final draft, but the most recent version. I actually do have a copy. I'll just, I'll run back around today with the new photos because those were the only issues we had in last. So any updates or anything you have, we can put on this and see if we can make it final. If you guys are ready, if you think it'd be ready by the 23rd to review it. You can get a new picture if you'd like. I'm waiting for my hair appointment. Mills. I think Mills has some headshot, glamour shots planned for you guys. So. If anybody's interested, I think I'm probably the only one who needs it. So, everybody else's pictures are nice. All right. I think the commissioners who weren't on last year, what we've done in the past is just, you review it ahead of time, and then we come onto the meeting and take a vote that it's ready to go. Is that how you still want to do this? So, do you want that for the 28th? What are the difference? I'm ready to do you guys are because the only difference we'll have is if we have photos to put in, but we could always say it's good as. However, the 28th, I know you have a very short meeting, but this is a very short item. So, whatever you want to include it on the 28th then, right commissioners, you'll have a chance to look through the draft and get edits back to Crystal. Does that work commissioners? It works for me. Yeah. So, we're moving this to the 28th? Yeah, we'll move it for our vote Karen. But it's still going to be on for review on the 23rd? And then no, you won't need it on. Oh, so let me take the vote on the 23rd rather than the 28th is what you're saying. No, no, thanks. I'm saying, should I take it off the agenda for the 23rd in its entirety? Right, I'm just asking Crystal. Yeah, I think so. Would you want the 23rd or the 28th, which is better? I'm ready. I just want to give you guys enough time to review it. So, I'm really kind of throwing it at you on how you feel about everything you guys have if you want to do it on the 28th. Let's take it off the 23rd and put it on the 28th. I'm out the better part of next week because the school vacation week, so. Yeah, it's fine. That will be a nice thing for all of us to be able to give input on. All right. Great, thank you. With that in mind, are you okay? Mr. O'Brien, ask to the meeting for the 23rd because I know that's when you plan on not being in unless you join for some segment. Does that, you're on mute. I can show you the. The only thing is the conversation about the marketing affiliates. That would be the only thing really that I would really want to be involved in other than that. There's, if I can't be here for the meeting, I can't be here for the meeting, but. Is the 28th a possibility for that discussion and that reg, or does that go off? So the. Go ahead. Sorry, the marketing affiliate reg, it does not need to be, it does not need to come back on the 23rd. It's already fully in effect. So we, there could be a discussion or it could be moved to another date, just technically. You know, I'd obviously want Loretta's input on timing on that. I will just say that the regs on for the 28th and the 1st are very, very long. And the meetings are short and we do need to get through them or else they lapse. So I'm just hesitant to put other substantive reg discussions on the 28th or the 1st. Why is the 28th meeting short? Just because of. The 28th and the 1st were added in so that we could accomplish these, the timing on these regs. So we only had time to squeeze in between meetings for commissioners. So we should, we should set up those agenda to be rolling. Crystal and Karen, if you could explain that. When we're developing that, if I could have the examples ready of what we did with the applications, we'll make those rolling. And commissioner, Brian, you're definitely out on that Thursday. It's not a definite, it's probably 50-50 at this point, whether I can hop on. I mean, if there's no vote that day, I can always pull up the meeting for that section. And then when it comes back up for a vote, circle back to raise any concerns, but. Well, we could do that. And then if you'd like an ad commissioner update for your input on the 28th, like if you heard something or saw something that you didn't, that you want to evaluate on or if you're in agreement on, we could give you your opportunity to weigh in and react on the 28th. And then we're voting later in the month of March, right? So. So there is an operational issue with the marketing reg now, because all of those companies are looking to become operational now. There isn't, as Caitlin explained, there is an existing reg in effect, but you have suspended a portion of it with respect to the marketing affiliates already. The reg is it stands, presumes a licensure of marketing affiliates. You have suspended that and allowed registration of marketing affiliates. And we have been proceeding in that manner. If you wanted to continue allowing, don't want to disturb the suspension of the licensure requirements, we could continue to require that, looking towards having that in place for the launch and the period immediately after the launch. But if there's going to be some different requirement, those companies are, there are a lot of them and they need to know. Yeah, our meetings that Bruce and I have with the licensees, they bring this up weekly. Okay. Commissioner O'Brien, anyway you can help me out here. Do you want to meet with Loretta and team and give your input in advance? It sounds as though we're pressed against some timelines here. And there's a chance maybe you can jump in. Yeah. Rather than disrupt the whole timeframe. Well, and as long as there's no vote that day, so that if I can't jump on, I can sort of give my input whenever it comes up for the vote. It sounds as though there's a need for a vote, correct? Well, can the vote be on the 28th though? I mean, you're only talking about four days, like two business days or three business days apart. If you're moving to a licensure requirement, that would be a very big lift for the companies and for our team, as well as that they're looking to be operational even before the launch date, right? These marketing affiliates. So, you know, again. I guess my question though is really the difference between that decision on the 23rd versus the 28th. It sounds like it's a lift, whether it happens on the 23rd or the 28th. Agreed. It is. So I guess that's my point is, you know, if we're moving in that direction, I'm not, I don't know if two business days is going to make or break what's already a heavy lift. I think, is it because they need direction, Loretta? Are they looking for a directive from us and then they have to do something? Yeah, I mean, as I said, we are operating under, you've suspended the licensing requirements of the reg. So we are having them all register. So that's a big process. It's a big process for our licensing division. If they have to be licensed, you know, there's a scoping, there's a collection of, you know, applications and attestations. So they, yes, they are looking for direction. Yeah, so Loretta, so what you're saying is should we adopt a more restrictive procedure, things would radically change for them? Correct. So commission on writing. Could it be done with a date, with a launch date where we're rolling, because I don't see how that happens, even on the 23rd, if we change course, that's a really heavy lift between now and the 10th. So what I would be anticipating is even if we're going to do that, the suspension probably need to carry over some period of time to allow the scoping to happen and IV to get that in. Knowing we had that, that the commission's open to that sort of flexibility would be helpful. Commissioner O'Brien, my point is that I think they're looking for a directive one way or another. Would it be possible? No, I understand that I'm saying, even if I'm on the meeting on the 23rd for a vote, it sounds to me like something that that suspension is gonna have to carry over for some period of time before it turns into licensing. I just don't see how it's gonna work any other way anyway. May well not turn into licensing any way, I understand. I'm fine if that works for you to Mareta to have the discussion and the reg. Does that work for the reg, Caitlin, if we don't have a vote? And then we roll it over for a vote with the understanding that this has to be a restricted conversation on the 28th. It's not gonna be rehashing because we have a lot of other work to do. If that works for the team, I'm good with that. Does that work for all the commissioners? Yeah, and if you mark it up for the 23rd, that way if I'm here, this becomes moot, right? I think that's exactly right. So we'll reserve a vote, okay. Yeah, all right. And to the extent that you want to give input to Director Lillios or any of your thoughts on it, it might be helpful for you to meet in advance. Okay, excellent. All right, thank you. All right, then let's turn to, I'm sorry, question. All right, then we're gonna turn to February 28th. We've got administrative update, meetings, minutes, and we have regulations that will begin on the 28th and roll over to, I guess, March 1st is the next day. 28th is my oldest son's birthday. And then it rolls right into March 1st, which is always hard to believe. We'll roll into that. Are those lists still accurate, Caitlin? On our notes. Yes, the list is accurate, but I would just note that let's just for now at least add in the vendor reg, so that we have it. Yeah, we'll add in those. We'll just roll over those two items, the discussion and the reg. Do you want the discussion on the 28th as well, or just the- By Franklin? No, really, no. Now the discussion, just the vote, because there's a lot going on here. Now the discussion, Commissioner Brown, the other thing to do it, so that's good. Okay. Thanks. Madam Chair, on the 28th, the temporary prohibition from sportsway during 254. Caitlin, you and I haven't spoken about this, but I think that the intention was for the commission to host a roundtable or a small discussion before we would take any further action on that. And so I would recommend that we push that until after that roundtable and- I don't think we can do that. We just have to be objective. Unfortunately, we have to vote on it on that date or else it will lapse completely. So if there's any other remedial steps that need to be taken, that can be done separately, I think. We could continue the waiver, right, that we put in place. Correct. Okay. All right. If you could be prepped for that, Caitlin, we had that waiver language from the last time. I assume that we just continue and then we'll go ahead with the roundtable that will inform a change to the offset regulation. Anything else on regulations? Not for those meetings. Thank you. Commissioners, is the 28th, and that's also gonna be a busy meeting apparently. I'm thinking we should probably go over the executive director's compensation issue to the ninth when we don't have all of those sweats wagering regulations. That will allow us to do our job. If anybody has questions on process about the compensation determination and how we do it, please just ask me or coordinate with troop D, we fill out our own evaluations. Karen sees that individually we don't share those. And then there's an opportunity for Karen to meet with us individually and then we collectively come together to discuss Karen in the public before all kinds of individuals and stakeholders and all the team members. I'm trying to get a reaction from her. This is usually where you turn your camera off, right, Karen? Yeah, I'm also, I can't even, I can't. And then we set compensation as a group together, another matter that must be taken out publicly by the court. So let's roll that one over to March 9th. Okay, anything else though for the 28th or first that must, must, must be addressed. Okay, then let's go to March 9th. And there we can again, administrative update. Commissioners, if there's ever anything that you want in particular, you can speak with me. I'm Karen and we'll make sure that that gets addressed just Karen needs time with the team. Regulations, none listed there, Caitlin or Todd. At this point, we don't have any to put on but we will obviously circle back if we'd like to ask that anything be added to that agenda. Including non-sports wagering, all right. Then we have a racing as we approach first day of racing which is hard to believe. What do we have Alex and oh, this is on the escrow. Will you be ready for that, Todd and Alex? We're certainly aiming to be ready for that date and that's the plan at the moment. So we can keep that date on and update you as we get closer. Okay, and that will require some kind of a memorandum in advance for the commissioners to digest. I think it will be quite complex than guessing even if it's a short memo, it's just a little bit complicated. Then we turn to the research agenda and that would be maybe a bless you, Commissioner Maynard. We share a wall. Thank you. Will that be ahead of the G-PAC meeting? Is that okay, Mark? Actually, I would prefer that it is ahead of the G-PAC. I see this as a two phase with the commission. I'd like to advance a draft of it, get your thoughts, go to G-PAC, get thoughts before it comes back to the commission for what would be I think a final review approval. Okay, excellent. Thank you. So, and then we'll have Karen's compensation and review. Anything else for the ninth? Well, the ninth, Madam Chair, we would need to do the operations certificates for the launch on the 10th. So the operators that are actually ready to launch on the 10th, we would have that before the commission. The expectation is GLI will have done their analyses of their internal controls and their geofencing, et cetera. And we would be able to come before the commission on the ninth so that they could operate on the test. Exciting. So Karen, in terms of how we will be prepared to sign off on that, will there be, I'm imagining some kind of a chart that there's a check off that, if our broadband and GLI finds that everything is met, is that what you're imagining? Yeah, we can work off, we had a sort of a template which we used for the launch of the retail operations. We can tweak that and modify that for the operations for the global companies. And for some reason, there's an issue by that date. This means that not everyone but that operator would just not be able to launch on the 10th. Okay, questions for Karen on that? So the ninth is, the ninth is a Wednesday, right? The ninth is a Thursday. Thursday, Thursday. And this is a Friday. And this is Friday, thanks. Yep. And then we have that one day, Monday, before. If there's any last minute things that need to be done in front of the commission before the start of the March Madness Tournament, we have the Monday, the 13th. Questions for Karen on that? All right. So we'll add an opportunity and peace. Yes, commissioner, Karen? Monday, the 13th, for a meeting, Karen? I think it's just, I would not expect that we would need a meeting. It's just that if there's something comes up and we need the commissioners to address some certain issue that we are made aware of, we have that date before the tournament starts. Yeah, there probably should be a whole place down the calendar, cause there's not one right now, at least for me. Okay. No, we were, I was going to actually do that afterwards. Thank you. Yeah. This could be where I can, I mean. Right, Madam Chair. This could be where I can annoyingly say to Karen again, the selection Sunday is the 12th. So I'm really hoping. We'll see. So yeah, I'm thinking that that's our proper date. And of course, we don't expect to have to use that meeting, but let's just save time on that, put a whole shooting on that for that. Then our next meeting, that schedule, isn't until from the ninth until the 23rd, getting back to a five-weekly cadence. In between we'll have our agenda setting meeting. Right now we have there with me. Right now we just have the administrative update, the minutes and the regs. Chair, I might just note that this will be a very, very reg heavy day. We have 10 regs coming back for final approval, which is I think perhaps the most you've seen on one day. So I would expect a lot of time on regs. Could you advance that if you know the red numbers, just where we can start putting it into the agenda setting notes? Absolutely. I can send that to Karen. Yep. And then that will also make sure that we, Judy make sure that our meeting is scheduled for the whole day so that commissioners know not to book anything in the afternoon until we get done. Caitlyn, thank you for that. It's gonna be a fun one. Oh, you know, Madam Chair, something that's not on this list, I'm just realizing, we were going to, on the 23rd, discuss the scheduling for the NASA Soyut, for Rain and Park category two application. We should put that on the agenda for the day. Yeah. Yeah, they're just about to look at under review matters. So the 23rd is a Thursday for regs. You should, we will need, before we turn to under review, is there anything else for the 23rd? That's gonna be a reg day, guys. Anything that the team absolutely needs. Oh, there we go, Dr. Leitham. Hi. I know the stay looks like it's getting pretty busy, but Cambridge opens on April 10th and they'll have qualifiers, whether permitting on April 3rd. So they were looking to do the approval of their racing officials and key personnel. And they usually have one or two other brief items for opening that they need votes on. Let's put that at the beginning of the day and then we'll go on next. That'd be great. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Anything else that's really time-sensitive for that day? You can always send me another day. So, all right. Oh, Karen, I thought you were raising your hand. No, no. Okay, so now, category two, the sports raging application, we would need a full, you know, a good full day to review the application and of course all the interested parties. I think, I think the way we left it there would be a status state on the 23rd. So on the 23rd, you would make a decision about what day you wanted to do the review of the application. Okay. So I can add that under sports raging. Okay. And then, but we should on the treaty, just start to look in the calendar for a full day that the commissioners would be available to do the application. I can work with you on that, Trudy. Okay. We'll just start to pick a couple of favorites so we can offer them up on the 23rd. Okay. And I suppose to Karen, we'll know if there's anything outstanding that needs to be done in advance from on the 23rd. So, thank you for that reminder. Okay. Then, category three mobile launch operations, we're taking care of that. I love review process. Still under review. Okay. The racing ADW regs. I mean, I'm imagining that's probably still under review. It's still under review. And given what we have through March, basically probably early March, I'll have a date for April to bring that back. Okay. I see that we've added a question that came up when we were on launch day, whether horse racing would be an event on the sportsbooks catalog. There's a whole discussion around that they're different in nature, being parent mutual. And I know in Las Vegas and other casinos, they keep a racing book and then they keep a sportsbook, Bruce, but this issue did come up. So, that's something that perhaps Karen, the sports free dream division can take a look at and see and working with Alex and see is that something that is prohibited altogether? Or is it something that's not prohibited? And if not prohibited, is it something we would desire? Does that make sense? And Alex and I were just talking about it this morning. So. This morning, because we have some of our ADW companies are also sports betting companies. Right, something. And casinos have the ADWs. Yeah, so we'll have what that would take. So, I'm not sure if we're ready to put it on for the agenda now, but I'm not saying that it has to be late in our meetings. And if we need to even hold a special meeting on it, if it needs to be for timeliness, we can do that. But it's just a topic that's obviously on top of mind for some folks. So, we need to get some work done on it. So thanks Alex and you'll work with Bruce and team, right? Exactly, yep. I sent Bruce an email the other day about it. Bruce is going, oh, this job. About a month ago, I sent something to, you know, Todd and Brad about it as well. So, yeah, it's definitely out there. You know, and I was stopped, Crystal happened to be with me on the, I think it was at MGM, right, Crystal? And, you know, I got to say my line that I like to offer that folks have been able to bet on sports, at least horse racing, from their couches for a long time using ADWs. So, you know, there's experience there. All right. Then we're moving on to the compliance committee. Michelle, Brian, are you keeping that under review for now? Yeah, I think both 32 and 33 probably would be coming up in April. It's under review for now. Okay. I think that's right. Finally for April. Then budget implications for studies, haven't we addressed them? Yeah, I was just thinking we could take that off. Yeah. And then we have our, obviously, and even though we sort of gained a year, that year is starting to blend out, so we would have to address that at a certain point. Yeah, I was just speaking to Mary Ann about that the other day, especially since we're making new hires and expanding the agency for sports wagering. We're looking at the space and what we need. So, that's a process. Keep it under review. Okay, great. Anything else for under review? The IRB. Okay, Director Lillios. Loretta, good morning again. The IRB has the MGM Springfield VG retransaction under review. I expect that will come in an adjudicatory hearing in April. Okay. Are these filled? VG, Loretta, the ICI. Yeah. Yeah. I'm having trouble hearing two people speak, but the adjudicatory hearings, which include in our agenda, but those are usually scheduled separately. The reminder that we will be, of course, looking to to mark up the two that were discussed yesterday. So we'll need to work with Trudy on those dates, please. Todd. And I think, of course, you're recording with IEB. So on the MGM REIT, we also did not discuss what it got brought up yesterday, the other non-compliance issue. That probably needs to be addressed, Karen, by IEB sooner than later. I'm not sure if you'd be ready for that to have a report written report, maybe for the, for the date. That's a good date. Sorry, I didn't hear the date. The 28th of February, I'm looking at IEB. When do you expect the report? That's a quick turnaround. Certainly be ready by the 28th. 28th of February. 28th of February. Are you looking at February 28th or March? Yeah, February 28th. Since the, that's one of the dates you have a streamlined meeting because there wasn't a lot of probability. So I think Trudy might not counter from her on whether that's changed or not, but I'm not sure you have the time. Would it be ready for next Thursday, the roundup or no? Yeah, I think you'll have the report in the next day or so. So the 23rd to conclude that camp, right? Yep. Okay, so that would be NGM non-compliance issue regarding events catalog. Yeah, I'm sure you're fine with that, adding it the next Thursday. It's so close to our discussion from yesterday that we're pretty well educated on on at least somewhere close to these matters initially. Okay, anything else? I think I saw another hand, Joe Delaney. Yep. So the encore east of Broadway, I'd like to put that on as just in the under review we need to figure out, you know, we need to hold a public hearing, we have to have a public meeting. I'm reviewing the regs right now to see what kind of things we might run up against on all of this and trying to coordinate with encore and so on, but I just don't want to lose sight of that. We'll put it under review. Up there's Mark. Hello, Madam Chair, before we get to Mark, I have a quick question for Joe on the east of Broadway. So when we put that under review, are we looking at a March, April type of discussion? And the reason I'm asking that is I'm trying to set up a couple of tours before we have that discussion and I just want to make sure I have the tour before we do. Yeah. You know, of course, right the day after we made our last decision, I got an email from encore saying, hey, when do we move next? So obviously they want to move as quickly as possible, but I think sometime in the maybe in the March timeframe, March to April, I'm going to check with Jackie and see what their schedule is with, you know, filing their environmental impact report. There are other things that need to happen that's obvious before construction starts. So I think we have some time to get to that. And I think it can be that other commissioners could join those tours that Brad is setting them up with Burke and company, if you want to see the lay of the land. Are we? Right, commissioner? Yes. Okay. Thank you. And sorry, Mark, for interrupting you. That's okay. You know, I'm going to now turn over the meeting to commissioner O'Brien, who I thought they are, you shifted on me. And I thank you and thank you everyone for your attention today. If I leave, am I going to knock this meeting off? I think you'll need my computer. David is the host right now, CEO. Okay, excellent. Thank you. Okay. All right. One second, commissioner O'Brien, because if I make you co-host, you will show up a little bit more. Oh wait, Dave, sorry. I am now not the host, so you need to make commissioner O'Brien. You can go ahead. If you want, in the meantime, we'll try to work out. Okay. I think actually, I believe I can spotlight you. So let me give that a try. I might get on board. Oh, same thing. Okay. Let me spotlight you. Okay. I didn't need that. Mark. Okay, here we go. We have a few research studies that are making their way through the review process with our research review committee. And I'd like to just get those added to the agenda. The first is the Encore Boston Harbor Public Safety Report. So covering a period of COVID and to current. So we want to make sure that that gets added. And that's under review log? It is, yes, under review. Yeah, please. Then we also have the Encore Patron and License Plate Survey Report. And then finally, we have a community-driven research project for the Springfield areas. Springfield what? Spring Community? I call it Springfield Community Driven Research Project. Does I have one thing I should add to under review, but before I say that, is anybody else got anything to add to under review? No. So the only other thing I did want to put on under review is circling back yet again to look at the force-racing application and looking at whether we want to be more specific with the timing of the municipal approval. So Christa, I know you said you had that on a list. I do, I had it under my notes here. Yes, I have the to revisit the racing ride by your tab of each license. So we're just putting that under review right now, but I think what is it? So the timing of that, we want to make sure we kind of have a note on timeframe legal. It's skipping my memory now, and I'm not sure why, but when does that do? I think it's September 30th or October 1st. Is that it? It's October 1st, but I agree. This is something that is on our list and on top of our minds. I think in addition to that issue, there's potentially a few other issues related to the application that we'd want to bring before the commission at the same time. So maybe some time in April. Todd, that sounds reasonable. Bill or May? Yeah, I think that sounds good. Okay. That was it. Christa, I know you've got a list. Is there anything else on that that should be added to under review? Yeah. I do have something, is Dr. Lightbound still on? Is the racing stabilization fund something I need to add? I think I write notes from other people, so. And we have, so we took care of the river request there. I think Alex was the stabilization fund. I think the right one was the vision week. So I suppose if I know something. Right. We're looking at the stabilization fund. That doesn't need to go on the agenda. Doesn't need to be? Okay. Go on, yeah. There's some more work to do on that. Okay. And that's it. Yeah. That's your list? Okay. That was all I had on mine too. So. And the regulation, I think this is tied to it. I have 205 CMR 2.01. That is the right that we would want to read this, right? Or is that it? That is due to additional, the application for licensure, correct. That sounds right. All right. I don't know if I have, but it's right next to it. So. Yeah. I think that is correct. That is where we put it. Yes. Okay. Okay. All right. I'm not as good at the right regulations. It's all of you. Okay. That's crazy. Okay. So I have that on there under review now. And I will show this with you, Karen and Trini. Good. Okay. So if that's it for under review, if any commissioner has an update, you can have the floor, but okay. Not seeing anything. I think we're ready to adjourn then. We'll adjourn. Second. All right. Commissioner Hill. Hi. Commissioner Skinner. Hi. Commissioner Maynard. Hi. And I am I. So four zero. Thank you.