2+2er owned and operated poker room

[anduril]

So I and three other 2p2ers who I am good friends with are seriously looking into composing a business plan for a poker room in Massachusetts. Currently, this is illegal. However, there are several pieces of legislation in the works that may change the law. It may only make concessions for Indian Reservations, or it may just make gambling legal. I may actually lean towards the latter, since several lawmakers have realized how little a contribution an Indian casino would bring for state revenue. Anyway, nothing will change very soon, but I think the day a bill passes to allow gambling, we should have our business plan set with investors in line.

Our tentative plan is to construct a casino that is similar to those that are in CA. Poker only, no one-arm bandits. At some point when we have a finished business plan we'd like to take a trip out to CA and visit a few rooms and see if any of the owners have vested interest. It would be a poker room built by poker players, for poker players. There are other specifics that would make this post very long winded and I can reply more specifically to people who think we are crazy but our problem is this: None of us have business degrees. Three of us used to play for a living. We know how to run a poker room, we know how to treat players, how to treat staff, and how to make people want to come and play in our room. We don't know how to get venture capital, how to make a comprehensive business plan, or even how to find any of this out. Also, any legal people in MA who know anything would be a great help to post anything here. So, um, help?