Action Alert: Help Add Restrictions to Sports Gambling & Prevent New "Online Casino Gambling'

January 9, 2026

Before March 5, 2026, PLEASE email the MA Legislature’s Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies and ask them to: 

A. SUPPORT legislation to add common-sense regulations on sports-betting,

    AND 

B. OPPOSE legislation that would legalize online casino gambling. 


Step 1.

Write and send an email on your own time, from your personal email, unless you are representing your employer, with their approval. This action is lobbying.*


Step 2.

Use any (or all) of this template to write your email; be sure to tailor the highlighted blanks with your own words. 

Step 3.

After sending the email to Sen. Finegold & Rep. Fiola, forward it to you own state senator and state representative—or you can simply cc them.  (If you’re not sure who they are, find them here.)


Questions?

Text/Call Andrea Freeman, PHIWM’s Policy Director, 978-895-0960, afreeman@publichealthwm.org



*Note:

For more information about nonprofits and lobbying in MA:

 

For more information on federal laws:


This is not a substitute for legal advice.

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