EVERETT — City residents sent an emphatic message Saturday: They want Wynn. Read full story

EVERETT — It wouldn’t fit on the jet, and barely fit through the door, but Wynn Resorts managed to get an architectural model of its proposed $1.2 billion casino resort set up in Everett, 10 days before voters have their say on the project at a critical citywide referendum. Read full story

A slot machine parlor at Raynham Park, the simulcast betting facility and former dog racing track, would pay the town annual fees of more than $1.1 million per year under a negotiated agreement between the developer and town officials, according to a statement from track officials. Read full story

Silverton Casino, a Las Vegas gambling company, has joined a slot parlor proposal at Plainridge Racecourse as a design and operational consultant, Plainridge said today in a statement. Silverton owns and operates the Silverton Casino Hotel, an off-strip resort casino with a 90,000 square foot gambling area and more than 1,600 slot machines. At Plainridge, Silverton will focus on casino design, programming and logistics, organizational structure, casino operations and marketing, but will not have an ownership interest in the local facility. Read full story

Caesars Entertainment and Suffolk Downs this week entertained an audience whose support is critically important to the developers’ casino plans: local business owners. The developers hosted a forum on Wednesday to brief potential vendors and partners about opportunities to do business with a proposed casino at the East Boston racetrack. The event was the first in a series, which will continues at the Reggie Lewis Center at Roxbury Community College on September 10 and at the Marriott hotel in Peabody on September 11. Read full story

The so-called Hicks-Logan site in New Bedford is back on the market as a potential casino location, with the development group in charge of the property looking for a casino partner or investors with deep pockets. “Our first task is to attract a national gaming company and/or financial backer,” said Paul Hamel, a spokesman for South Coast Casino Corp., which controls the five properties that make up the site, in a statement. Initial discussions with possible partners are already taking place. Read full story

Design plans for a Foxwoods gambling resort in Milford call for a campus of low-rise buildings around a “town square green,” and come with a promise to maintain more than 90 percent of the development’s 187-acre site as open land, according to Foxwoods, which presented its plans to town officials on Monday.  Read full story

Starting next week, commercial casino developers interested in winning a license in Southeastern Massachusetts will finally get their chance to apply, when the state gambling commission begins accepting initial applications and fees for a gambling resort proposal in the region. The initial application period will close Sept. 30. How intense the competition will be in the southeast remains to be seen. Developers interested in the region must keep one eye on the Mashpee Wampanoag, which continues to pursue federal approval for a tribal casino. Read full story

A proposed Caesars Resort at Suffolk Downs will participate in a Caesars Entertainment hiring initiative for military veterans, if the gambling resort project wins the Greater Boston casino license, Suffolk Downs and Caesars have announced. Under the “Enlisting Heroes” program, the company works through local and national veterans’ organizations to encourage military veterans to apply for positions at a Caesars casino and holds job fairs for veterans, in some cases making job offers on the spot. Read full story

The state gambling commission has named a well-credentialed specialist to a high-level post running the commission’s efforts to prevent and combat problem gambling. Read full story