A Massachusetts Gaming Commission page dated 1 November 2024 links to a report stating that Governor Healey named Jordan Maynard as commission chair. The page itself gives no further details about the appointment.
The chair’s appointment is relevant to the leadership of the state’s gambling regulator.
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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s page, dated 16 March 2026, links to a report about eight fines totalling more than $80,000. The page does not provide details of the fines or identify the recipients.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission listed a report about August results for Massachusetts sportsbooks on 23 September 2025. The headline says DraftKings led the month, but the page provides no figures.
A two-year study led by Suffolk University marketing professor Zhen Zhu examined sports betting risks among college students and was presented at the International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking. Zhu said advertising can target younger players and called for more regulation, education and counselling; the study was funded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has received dozens of consumer inquiries about prediction-market platforms it does not regulate, a commission spokesperson said. The commission directs those consumers to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, while chair Jordan Maynard told lawmakers that users may confuse such platforms with state-licensed sportsbooks.
A Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) spokesperson said they had personally seen dozens of inquiries about prediction-market platforms outside the regulator’s authority. The MGC tells consumers it does not regulate prediction markets and directs them to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the spokesperson said.
Massachusetts Gaming Commission chair Jordan Maynard is due to testify before a US House subcommittee on 11 November 2026 about efforts to protect young people from sports-wagering risks. He is expected to discuss Massachusetts’ age restriction, advertising rules, limits on college-sports wagers and the commission’s youth-focused programmes; the hearing is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. ET in Washington, DC.