There will be restrictions that will be announced and again, we don’t know what those are as yet. We thought it was going to be Monday, but they announced it today (Sept.

“The attorney general came back the next morning and said the governor is going to issue an executive order. Smith explained, “The motivating factor was that we were about to file a lawsuit in state court.” The counsel the group retained advised them to take it to the attorney general first. “The people who really involved themselves – all the people who helped with the funding to get this done – did a wonderful job.”

“The federal lawsuit filed by Bit Bar probably helped as well,” he continued.

Smith said the combined efforts of the group they assembled, the Entertainment Coalition (led by Betson New England’s Rick Kirby, Family Entertainment Group’s George Smith, David Breen of Pinz and Mike Crowley of Ryan Family Amusements, among others), was instrumental in getting this accomplished. “His reputation for always being of service to anybody who called is well deserved,” Betson said.Charlie Baker, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts It became known as NECO and Kirby managed the Northeast territory, key national accounts and also had a tenure as a divisional President of Betson Enterprises.ĭuring his long career in the business, Kirby has served as president of AAMA and was recognized with the association’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014 (he was also the New York AMOA’s Man of the Year in 2004 and the CMIA Massachusetts Man of the Year in 1987). Betti Industries and Betson New England Distributing Co. Kirby’s career started in amusements with Bally Northeast. In the post, Betson said Kirby will continue to work with key suppliers, customers and legislators in relevant jurisdictions. After more than 40 years of leadership in the amusement industry, Rick Kirby will now focus on his new role as the Executive Vice President of Betson Gaming.

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