BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is set to launch this week a first-in-the-nation system allowing slot players to limit their bets, following months of planning and some pushback from the gambling industry.
The goal is to prevent casual players from going down the destructive path of addiction, said Marlene Warner, executive director of the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling, which is helping administer the new feature. It isn't necessarily meant to address those with serious gambling problems, she said.
BOSTON – The Boston Board of Health got a new leader this week as Mayor Marty Walsh named Frank Doyle to chair the panel, replacing Dr. Paula Johnson, who is taking over this summer as the new president of Wellesley College.
Doyle, a lawyer, is the executive director of Boston HealthNet, an integrated health-care system comprised of 14 community health centers, the Boston Medical Center and the Boston University School of Medicine, according to a statement from the mayor's office on Tuesday. It said the network has used technology effectively to serve "vulnerable populations" in Boston.
