GAMBLING

MGM Springfield attracted younger customers during the pandemic and is seeing older customers return.

Lawmakers will consider giving immigrants without legal status a pathway to get a state driver's license, and further consider sports gambling this week at the Massachusetts Statehouse.

Analysis from the UMass Donahue Institute found Massachusetts casino layoffs were more pronounced among non-white workers.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is looking into the casino industry's advertising practices which have been criticized as overly-saturating and irresponsible.

The casino's numbers also slipped for the hiring of racial and ethnic minorities, dropping below its promise of 50%.

Many of the calls for help are coming from young men.

People can enroll in a state program that bars them from gaming floors for anywhere from one year to their entire lifetime.

MGM Springfield was the only property in Massachusetts to post an increase over October's gross gaming revenue. November was the first full month live poker had returned to the casino since the start of the pandemic.

Mohegan Digital led the way in the total dollar value of bets collected, with more than $27-million.

Gambling revenue at the MGM Springfield casino bounced back in October.Last month, the resort in Springfield, Massachusetts, took in $21.4 million — about…