To the surprise of gambling regulators, the $61 billion spending plan sent to Gov. Maura Healey earlier this week does not include funds to compensate towns that host racing and simulcast facilities.

The fiscal 2026 budget approved by the state House and Senate on Monday and currently sitting before the governor zeroed out “Payments to Cities and Towns for Local Racing Tax Revenue.” The line item was funded to $1.05 million in fiscal 2025.

According to both the House’s and the Governor’s versions of the budget, the line item had been set at $922,000 to share with the state’s racing or simulcast host communities — Boston, Revere, Raynham, and Plainville.

“The Senate, however, chose to zero it out and through the negotiations of the conference committee, in the end, the line item was zeroed out,” Gaming Commissioner Brad Hill told his fellow commissioners during their regular meeting this week.

The cut, Hill said, came as a “little bit of a surprise.”

Lawmakers also declined to support a budget request from the Attorney General’s office for more funding for legal fights against unlicensed gambling. Since 2011, Hill said, the commission has only been able to offer $3 million to the AGs office in reimbursement for their work.

“The legislative change was not adopted by the conference committee, so we’ll continue to work with the AG’s office on identifying alternative funding mechanisms moving forward into FY 26,” Hill told his colleagues.

Hill said that he doubts the governor will make changes to the line items during her 10-day review of the budget.