Massachusetts lawmakers have completed their most recent hearings on sports gambling in an effort to help them decide whether or not to allow the activity to be legalized in the state. The legislators got together with industry representatives, casino executives and others to hear both sides of the debate this past Tuesday and Wednesday and the turnout was solid. If the responses from several casinos helped, Massachusetts might continue pushing forward on mobile sportsbooks.

Among others, representatives from Encore Boston Harbor, which isn’t yet officially open, Plainridge Park Casino and MGM Springfield are interested in seeing mobile sports gambling be approved. The three got together and penned a letter to lawmakers before the hearing, in which they expressed their support for allowing FanDuel and DraftKings to enter the Massachusetts market with their mobile sportsbooks.

The letter states, in part, “Mobile sports wagering should be reserved for licensed casino operators and a limited number of daily fantasy operators with proven sports wagering experience.

“These operators have already made tremendous investments and are large drivers of economic activity, jobs and tourism for the Commonwealth.”