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Massachusetts Gaming Commission says their preliminary investigation shows Encore Boston Harbor isn’t cheating gamblers out of their winnings as a class-action lawsuit alleges.
In the lawsuit filed on Monday, July 15, a gambler named Richard Schuster claims that in violation of state law the luxury resort and casino is tilting the payout odds in a variant of a blackjack game, that instead of getting a 3:2 payoff, they are getting less money at a 6:5 payoff, subsequently increasing the house edge from 0.15 per cent to 1.45 per cent.
However, the state’s Gaming Commission stated that Wynn Resorts is complying with state gambling regulations for blackjack payouts and is not rounding down payouts from slot machines. Chairwoman Cathy Judd-Stein added that Encore will still be monitored. “We want to make sure we review matters fairly, objectively and transparently,” said Judd-Stein, according to WBZ-TV Channel 4 News.
Representing Richard Schuster, lawyer Joshua Garick says his firm hasn’t been contacted by regulators and is still “vigorously pursuing” the lawsuit filed last week in Middlesex Superior Court.
Situated on the historic Mystic River waterfront, the $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor opened on Sunday, June 23, 2019, and is one of two Wynn Resorts Ltd properties in the U.S., the other being Wynn Las Vegas.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is also keeping its eye on another situation centred around the five-star luxury resort. In June, Wynn Resorts was called out for being behind on paying the companies that built Encore Boston Harber, with Coghlin Electrical Contractors still waiting to be paid about $27 million for work the company did at the site.
