BOSTON (SHNS) – The Massachusetts Gaming Commission agreed Monday to cover the legal fees its former executive director incurs responding to a subpoena issued to him in connection with a lawsuit that claims Encore Boston Harbor shortchanged slot machine players.
Neither the commission nor former executive director Edward Bedrosian are parties to the lawsuit or are accused of wrongdoing, but the plaintiffs have subpoenaed both to provide deposition testimony and documents as they challenge the Everett casino’s practice of paying out only full dollars at the slot ticket redemption kiosks.
The lawsuit has been in the Gaming Commission’s orbit for years. It was initially filed in 2019 and drew attention for its claims that Encore duped customers by paying out at less favorable odds for blackjack wins. The Supreme Judicial Court rendered the argument about the casino’s blackjack payouts moot with a ruling in June 2021, but the plaintiffs are forging ahead in U.S. District Court with the suit’s claims that Encore lowered “the lawful payouts owed to its customers” by only dispensing whole dollar amounts at slot machine ticket redemption kiosks located around the casino floor.
Gaming Commission General Counsel Todd Grossman said Monday that Anderson Kreiger, the commission’s outside legal representation, has agreed to also represent Bedrosian in the matter. Commissioners voted unanimously after scant discussion Monday to cover Bedrosian’s legal expenses related to the subpoena.
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