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Bars Form Organization To Lobby To Be Part Of Sports Betting In Massachusetts

As Massachusetts considers legalizing sports betting, bar owners want in on the action. 

  A group of sports bar owners in western Massachusetts have formed a new organization called Fair Play Massachusetts. 

Spokesman Ryan McCollum said they plan to register and raise money to mount a lobbying campaign.

"What they are advocating for and pushing the legislature to do is to include folks like them in the discussion around legalizing sports betting," said McCollum.

A bill filed by Governor Charlie Baker would legalize betting on professional sports online and at casinos in Massachusetts.

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