“We think that it’s going to be very exciting for the city and a lot of people will want to come down,” Holaday said Wednesday while seated inside the newly minted WynnBET Sportsbook.Įncore will launch both a mobile and physical sports betting program, with the online aspect - via the WynnBET mobile app - going live in March. “Anybody you talk to, it just has such a huge appeal, because we’re such a big sports town.”įollowing the summer passage of An Act regulating sports wagering, next Tuesday, at 10 a.m., Encore and the state’s other two licensed casinos may begin taking bets on professional and out of state college sporting events.Īhead of that, Encore offered the Herald a chance to tour its new sports betting areas and to meet with some of its executive team. “Everybody in Boston are huge sports fans and we’re the only place in town for six to eight weeks where you can come in and bet on the Super Bowl,” Encore Boston President Jenny Holaday said. The booths are still roped off and the betting monitors blank, but a walk of the gaming floor at Encore Boston Harbor demonstrates the casino is more than ready to begin taking wagers on sports.
