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Massachusetts Gaming Commission reports visits to grant-funded community programmes

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Source: Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MA)

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission visited two organisations in Massachusetts on 3 October whose programmes received Community Mitigation Fund grants. The commission said it had awarded about $56.7m through the fund since 2015, including more than $18m to 23 host and surrounding communities and 10 regional entities in the last funding cycle.

The grant figures show the scale of gaming-related funding available to eligible communities and regional entities.

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