House Speaker Robert DeLeo yesterday said he doesn't think Massachusetts' gaming law should be modified to suit casino operators, as Las Vegas billionaire Steve Wynn suggested this week.
"When we had written the casino law ... we wanted to make sure we kept that balance between the state getting adequate money and the casinos making adequate profits so that they could hopefully build and create more jobs," DeLeo said. "... I'll take a look at any and all requests to make it better. But my feeling is we have a very good law, and I'm not inclined to make any changes to it. I'm pleased with what we have."
The Winthrop Democrat declined to say whether he had met with Wynn or whether he favored Wynn's proposed casino in Everett over Mohegan Sun's Revere proposal at Suffolk Downs.
Michael Weaver, a Wynn spokesman, said in an email yesterday that it "appears that the speaker and Wynn have the same objectives: to benefit the state while creating jobs and successful enterprises."
But DeLeo took issue with Wynn's remarks during a break from a Gaming Commission hearing earlier this week when he suggested the state's 2011 gaming law may need revisiting.
"In our conversations with the state, we're attempting to get issues resolved that will comfort us," Wynn said. "We're expected to make unequivocal commitments — both in the way we do our business, financially, and everything else — to the state of Massachusetts. And we want to make sure that we have the same thing in return."
"Is it the duty of the state to talk about comforting Mr. Wynn or anyone else?" DeLeo said yesterday. "No."
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