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Lottery steps toward entering fantasy sports market

Lottery steps toward entering fantasy sports market

State House News Service

BOSTON – Framing it as innovation that could open up a new revenue source and attract younger customers, the Massachusetts Lottery Commission took the first step Monday towards developing a state-run daily fantasy sports game.

"We believe the introduction of a fantasy sports platform at Mass. Lottery would help to embrace an emerging market while continuing to protect our retail partners," Lottery Executive Director Michael Sweeney said. "This particular type of game would not cannibalize our existing products, it would obviously be a new product, it would help us to engage what we would refer to as a 'next-generation' player and hopefully it would also help Lottery to create a new revenue source as opposed to eroding or maintaining existing offers."

T buses cost twice as much to maintain as Chicago’s, data show
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T buses cost twice as much to maintain as Chicago’s, data show

State House News Service

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's bus maintenance costs run about twice as high as the Chicago Transit Authority and the T's per-vehicle-hour maintenance spending is almost twice as high as the average for the state's regional transit authorities, according to data presented Monday.

The T spends almost $41 per vehicle hour on bus maintenance compared with about $20 in Chicago and $24 on average at the state's regional transit authorities, according to T data. Compared with similarly large urban systems, the T's bus-repair costs are the highest per vehicle hour in the country, and behind only New York City as measured by vehicle miles.

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