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}} Several forms of gambling are legal in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. ==Horse and dog racing== Parimutuel wagering on horse racing is allowed at the state's only active racetrack, Plainridge Racecourse. Simulcast wagering on horse and dog races is also offered at Suffolk Downs and Raynham Park, which previously operated as racetracks. Betting on horse and dog racing was legalized in 1934. The first dog tracks were Wonderland Greyhound Park and Taunton Dog Track, opened in 1935. They were joined in 1941 by Raynham Greyhound Park.〔 The Taunton track closed in 1981,〔 〕 and its operations were absorbed into the Raynham track, which became known as Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park.〔 Both remaining tracks closed at the end of 2009, when dog racing was banned by the Massachusetts Greyhound Protection Act. Harness racing began in 1947 at Bay State Raceway (later named Foxboro Raceway). Suffolk Downs included the sport in its calendar from 1959 to 1970. Foxboro closed in 1997 and was replaced in 1999 with the opening of Plainridge. In addition to the major tracks, wagering was also conducted on horse and dog races at agricultural fairs around the state, including the Northampton Fair, Marshfield Fair, Great Barrington Fair, Weymouth Fair, Berkshire County Fair (at Berkshire Downs), Brockton Fair, and Topsfield Fair. Race fixing was notoriously common at these meets.〔 This fair circuit came to an end when the last remaining venue, Northampton, held its final racing meet in 2005.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gambling in Massachusetts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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