 And we are. Right. This is a. Convening of the Massachusetts gaming commission. Because we're holding this meeting publicly, virtually. Excuse me. Do a roll call. Good afternoon, commissioner O'Brien. Good late afternoon. I'm here. Excellent. Good afternoon, commissioner Hill. Good afternoon. I'm here. Right. And commissioner Maynard. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. I'm here. I'm here with Christa Bushman, who's been such a helpful. Gave so much helpful assistance to us. Sitting side by side here. MGM Springfield. We are resuming public meeting number 431. Karen, executive director Wells. We left it that we would revisit the certificate of operations approval. We've learned that. We've learned that. We've learned that. We've learned that. PPC and MGM Springfield are all set. There was a little bit of business for uncle or Boston Harbor. We have not taken any votes yet today. So I'll turn to you for an update on that matter, please. So I think it's Bruce on. Yeah. Your video is not on, but you're on. Okay. Yeah. For some reason, my video isn't working. Okay. Let's see if we can. Okay. I'm sorry. I know he's doing it from another location. So Madam chair and members of the commission, we did get confirmation from GLI that their submissions had been approved. So we are able to go forward with the operation certificate for EVH along with the other two properties. I know you wanted an update on the situation with DOR, our general counsel of Todd, please chime in with any further questions. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Can we just pause on the first item, please? Yep. I realize that. Crystal. Doesn't have her computer open because we decided to be efficient, but I wonder if we should just walk through the, the list that we did for. PPC. Right. I don't have that. Hold on. I think I have. Can you share that document Karen? Okay. Okay. I think we should just do that exercise that we need to do. And Bruce, I know that you're not on video, but I imagine you can see it. Yeah. So I'll be, hold on. Just sharing. Let me just. Let me share my, I'm just not sure what I, okay. Here we go. Have you found it? Okay. Yeah. So let me just. Thank you. I think we should just do that exercise Karen. Are you seeing the encore of Boston Harbor? We are. Okay. Yes. I'm not sure how to get rid of that stuff on the side, but. Fine. Okay. Bruce, if you could just run through this. So the commissioner see that all the particular requirements of two 51. I've been satisfied with respect to encore. And then we can go from there. Yes. They requested their certificate of operation on January 13th, 2023. The, of course, they're waiting for the issuance. They. Uh, had confirmation of the. Uh, the jail. I, uh, excuse me. Uh, they, we currently have a list of all their employees, vendors and non sports wagering vendors. Uh, and licensing. Uh, sports wagering facility was built to superior quality and compliance. Emergency response plans have been delivered to the, uh, they're on file with the police departments and fire departments on January 9th, 2023. Certificate of occupancy and necessary permits received December 8th, 2022. Uh, they also, uh, were, uh, their internal controls were reviewed and approved by GLI and received, uh, confirmed this afternoon. Excellent. Okay. Then, uh, the condition, uh, conditional upon on court, uh, Boston, Harvard, uh, completing operational audits of wagering procedures and practices and technical security controls as required by the commission's technical standards, governing sports, wagering within 90 days of commencement of sports, wagering operations. And next page. Hey. Okay. And, uh, the evaluation and test period on January 20th and final inspection on January 30th today, uh, was completed satisfactorily. Excellent. Any questions for Bruce on this commissioners? We appreciate on court Boston, Harvard diligence and in GLI diligence, like getting that taken care of today in timely fashion. And then, uh, commissioner, um, Brian gave us the update on her, her work. There was just one matter that you thought needed to summit some, um, future attendance and that was the ATM placement, right? Okay. And there's no problem with that now because it's, it's not even ready for us. Okay. All right. So Karen, we're all set on that. Yeah. So now moving on to, um, I don't know if you want to give the update, but I can just start. So my understanding is that, uh, Whoops. Um, my right hand on my left side is reminding me, we need boats. Okay. Sorry, um, uh, with respect to all three properties, can we combine them? Mr. Hill, do we have a motion? I do have a motion. If we can combine them, if everybody's okay with that. And I don't see anybody. Yeah. So let me attempt to, uh, to do this. Okay. With one momentum. Uh, Madam chair, I would move that the commission find that the requirements outlined in 205 CMR 251 have been satisfied and that an operational certificate be awarded to on core Boston, Harvard, plane, rich park casino and MGM spring field. For the purposes of operating a category one sports, wagering operation commencing January 31st, 2023 condition upon on core Boston, Harvard, plane, rich park casino and MGM spring field, completing operational audits of wagering procedures and practices and technical security controls as required by commissioners technical standards. Governing sports wagering at 205 CMR 243.01. One S and 205 CMR 243.01. One X within 90 days of the commitments of sports wagering operations. Second. I appreciate that. Well, thank you. A duly noted commissioner Maynard has seconded that, um, that motion. Thank you. Any questions or edits? All right. Mr. O'Brien. Hi. Mr. Hill. Hi. Commissioner Maynard. Hi. My vote. Yes. Four zero. Excellent work. The entire team. Thank you so much. So, um, big piece of business in order to go forward tomorrow at the 10 a.m. launch. Now we have another update on, um, item number four and now we're all set to go. Thanks. Karen and Todd. I'll give a little brief overview, but I will turn it over to Todd. My understanding is that we have been in touch with DOR. Um, and the hope is that that will be completed sometime tomorrow in the morning. Um, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I spoke with, uh, the operator, at least two of the operators is such a de minimis risk that, um, anyone would get a payout within that period of time that, um, Not concerned that that is the risk to the Commonwealth. In addition, I was also informed that the properties currently have a process in place and the protocol under the current MOU. If the system goes down and they're not able to run it, they're not able to run it. So my recommendation is that we inform the properties. They are expected to do that protocol. And that as soon as this, uh, MOU is sent over from DOR, that that be signed immediately. And then they would be granted access to the system the same way. They already have access, uh, through the casino process. So I think we're in pretty good shape. I don't know if there's anything in addition, Todd, um, that you learned that the commission should know at this time. No, okay. I think that's, that's helpful. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I should just add appreciates the urgency of the situation. The only other thing I would add is that they, the licensees can't query the database based upon the existing MOU. It has to be amended to incorporate sports wagering. Um, so that's not the solve is just kind of do it. With the existing infrastructure. Uh, but again, appreciating the urgency of the situation. I do anticipate that this will get resolved. Um, and we will have to communicate that to the licensees so that they are standing by, uh, and ready to review the proposed amendments. But that, that's where we are at this juncture. Um, and I, I just received further update that the administration says we should be all set to go and we'll have the MOU updated by tomorrow morning. Wonderful. That's good. Thank you. Good work, everyone. Um, and, um, I don't think then that we take, um, we need to take any vote, although commissioners, this would be an MOU that in the past has been executed by the executive director. Um, is anybody, I don't think we have to have any vote to authorize Karen to do so, but I'll turn to you if you wish to make a motion or there's a consensus that she'll go ahead and execute it. I'm assuming it's updated mainly to just reference sports for your dream. Yeah, I think if that's it, I don't think we need a vote and also there's, there's a statutory obligation in terms of the compliance with this. So between that and what, um, executive director Wells described the processes in terms of making commonwealth whole in case some error would happen, although highly unlikely. Um, otherwise I would have moved to amend the operational certificates, but it sounds like that's not necessarily given the fact that there's really no risk to the commonwealth here. And we seem to have assurances that it will actually be an effect by 10 a.m. So that's great. We appreciate everyone's collaboration here. It takes, takes a village. And I agree with you, commissioner. Oh, Brian. I think, you know, Karen being able to tell us the risk is relatively low. Um, so thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Commissioner Maynard. Commissioner Hill, any questions? Good. Commissioner Maynard also. Excellent. All right. Um, so. Second director Wells will make sure that that gets. But in place. And we should be good to go for 10 a.m. Launch. That's right. Is there anything else commissioners? Anything you want to say. Thank you to everybody that got us. Um, and I say to the other side, knowing that we're really not quite to the other side. Um, until we get to March, but, um, this was sort of the biggest peak to get over. So thank you to everybody involved with the properties and for our staff. Commissioner Hill. Hello. Hello. Anything that you wish to add. No, I said ditto. Oh, ditto. Hello. And I'm like, okay. Thank you. Hello again, but ditto. Very similar to what commissioner Brian said, I will say that, um, traveling across the state today and tomorrow that I'm reminded. Of how lucky the Commonwealth is to have these. Um, wonderful properties. And I've appreciated. Um, all the collaboration. Um, from each of the organizations that, um, should be, um, ready for sports wagering tomorrow. Well said, commissioner Maynard. We're very thankful for, um, uh, you know, we regulate three gaming, um, facilities right now. They're excited to launch their, their retail. And we are appreciative of their continued collaboration and their work with GLI, their work with our team. And, uh, To really show full compliance with every expectation we have. Uh, wish them all luck tomorrow. For that 10 a.m. launch. Thank you. So commissioners, this meeting stayed open. Um, From about noon to now, now I can entertain a motion to adjourn if we're outside. Move to adjourn. Thanks, commissioner. Thank you, commissioner. Okay. Any questions? Mr. O'Brien. Hi. Mr. Hill. Hi. Mr. Maynard. Hi. I vote yes. Four zero. Great work. Thank you so much. Thanks everyone.