A YES VOTE would prohibit casinos, any gaming establishment with slot
machines, and wagering on simulcast greyhound races.
A NO VOTE would make no change in the current laws regarding gaming.
As
it currently reads, Massachusetts general law chapter 4 section 7 and Chapter
23K of the Massachusetts general laws would be amended as follows:
FULL TEXT OF QUESTION:
Be it enacted by the people and their authority:
SECTION 1. Section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as
appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out
clause Tenth and inserting in place thereof the following clause:
“Tenth, ’Illegal gaming,‘ a banking or percentage game played with
cards, dice, tiles or dominoes, or an electronic, electrical or mechanical
device or machine for money, property, checks, credit or any representative of
value, but excluding: (i) a lottery game conducted by the state lottery
commission, under sections 24, 24A and 27 of chapter 10; (ii) pari-mutuel
wagering on horse races under chapters 128A and 128C; (iii) a game of bingo
conducted under chapter 271; and (iv) charitable gaming under said chapter
271.”
SECTION 2. Chapter 23K of the General Laws, as appearing in the
2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section 72
following section 71:
“Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any general or
special law to the contrary, no illegal gaming as defined in section 7 of
chapter 4 shall be conducted or permitted in this commonwealth and the
commission is hereby prohibited from accepting or approving any application or
request therefor.”
SECTION 3. The several provisions of this Act are independent and
severable and the invalidity, if any, of any part or feature thereof shall not
affect or render the remainder of the Act invalid or inoperative.
Massachusetts Information for Voters 2014 Ballot Questions, published by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
