A $400,000 application fee was a lottery ticket type gamble a dozen gaming companies couldn’t resist. $40 million over two years in planning, engineering, studies, etc…was practical due diligence for a favorite in the run up to licensing. $200 million to the state for being awarded the sole Western, MA license: Hold the phone! Read why a skittish Massachusetts is giving MGM cause for pause in securing the license it has so vigorously pursued.