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Casinos report modest declines in May slot revenues

 June 14, 2013

Southeastern Connecticut's casinos experienced their lowest declines of the year in monthly slot revenues last month.

Mashantuckets name new fire chief

 June 13, 2013

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on Thursday announced the promotion of former Deputy Chief Rick Tougas of Mystic to the position of fire chief of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Fire Department.

Mohegan Sun adds water park, second hotel to Massachusetts casino plan

 June 7, 2013

When Mohegan Sun filed its application for a western Massachusetts casino license in January, some feared its $600 million plan for the town of Palmer might seem puny alongside pricier projects proposed for Springfield and West Springfield. But...

Cuomo releases his three-casino plan for upstate N.Y.

 June 6, 2013

Albany, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed authorizing three Las Vegas-type casinos in upstate New York, two video slot machine centers in western New York and a five-year moratorium on casinos in New York City.

Cuomo made the...

Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun meet in Catskills rivalry

 June 5, 2013

Foxwoods is partnering with a New York developer to build a resort casino on a 500-acre site that includes Grossinger's, the fabled Catskills resort that once was run by the grandmother of Mohegan Sun gaming CEO Mitchell Etess.

U.S. appeals court rejects gambler's claim against Foxwoods

 June 5, 2013

A federal court has upheld the dismissal of a suit filed by an admitted pathological gambler who claimed Foxwoods Resort Casino violated the law by failing to enforce a contract that was supposed to prevent him from gambling at the casino.

Foxwoods tells Milford, Mass., resort would mean 3,500 jobs

 June 3, 2013

Foxwoods Massachusetts officials promised the locals in Milford, Mass., Monday night that given the chance they’d build them an economic engine that would provide 3,500 permanent jobs and up to $20 million a year and “look like it had...

Legislators meet to review state budget before Wednesday deadline

 June 1, 2013

Legislators convened at the Capitol on Saturday to vote on numerous bills, including the two-year state budget before the House of Representatives and a compromise bill the Senate passed Saturday on the labeling of foods with genetically modified...

Senate approves bill that gives tribal police new powers

 June 1, 2013

The Senate on Saturday voted 30-4 in favor of a bill that would allow that Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribal police departments to establish authority and exercise law enforcement powers.

Foxwoods to make pitch for Mass. casino on Monday

 June 1, 2013

Handicappers looking to tweak the odds on Foxwoods' chances of winning a license to build a $1 billion casino in Milford, Mass., figure to be paying close attention Monday night when a Foxwoods partnership meets with the town's Board of...

Foxwoods names two new marketing execs

 May 31, 2013

Mashantucket - Foxwoods Resort Casino announced Thursday the hirings of two veteran executives, one a former casino president who lost his gaming license after lying about a gambling problem.

Gary DiBartolomeo, named Foxwoods' chief...

Mohegan official says state-run keno still needs tribes' approval

 May 31, 2013

An online report in which House Speaker Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, said keno was "likely" to be legalized promised to revive a debate that's been mostly dormant since 2010.

Temperature to rise tonight at Mohegan Sun

 May 29, 2013

Mohegan Sun's Signings & Sightings series presents 98 Degrees tonight in the shops concourse at 11 p.m. All four members of the band will sign autographs and take pictures with fans after their performance in the Arena.

Participation is on...

Something to wag about

 May 27, 2013

On Saturday, June 15, Foxwoods Resort Casino will host the "Tails on the Trails" dog walk to benefit the Connecticut Humane Society. The one-mile walk will take place on a marked section of the Woods Trail.

Registration will begin at 9 a.m.

Table games arrive at R.I.'s Twin River casino

 May 23, 2013

Twin River, the Lincoln, R.I., slots parlor that's morphing into a full-fledged casino, took delivery Wednesday of a shipment of table games it plans to have up and running by the end of next month.

Bill that would allow local tribes to exercise their own law enforcement powers moves to Senate

 May 22, 2013

A bill that would authorize the Mohegans and Mashantucket Pequots to establish the authority of each tribe's police department and police officers to exercise law enforcement powers passed 132 to 3 in the House on Tuesday.

Mohegan exec says states' tourism dollars well spent

 May 22, 2013

Relying on data prepared by the Connecticut Office of Tourism, Mitchell Etess, the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority chief executive, said the state’s “Still Revolutionary” marketing campaign has helped the state's leisure and...

Massachusetts developments speeding up for local casinos

 May 21, 2013

Much of the big news related to Connecticut's Indian-owned casinos now emanates from Massachusetts, where Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun are waging all-in campaigns to sell casino projects in Bay State towns.

Graduation caps hard road for one determined cadet

 May 19, 2013

Soon-to-be Coast Guard Academy graduate Joshua Surgeon comes back from a crippling injury and an honor code violation to earn his commission, a national boxing title and the respect of his peers.

Health expo offers a range of screenings, from head to toe

 May 19, 2013

More than 50 public agencies, hospitals and private companies offered screening and health information at the Total Life Expo on Saturday at Mohegan Sun.

Motley Crue takes fans on a journey back

 May 19, 2013

It’s Crüe-lly ironic, of course. Peter Pan, the boy who could fly and who never aged: dead of a heroin overdose in the Chateau Marmont, 1983. It was the same year that Mötley Crüe, the most outrageous of hair-metal...

Jury convicts man of attempted robbery at Mohegan Sun

 May 17, 2013

New London – A jury of six in New London has convicted a Bridgeport man on most of the charges he faced in connection with the March 2012 attempted armed robbery of an 81-year-old woman in a parking garage at Mohegan Sun casino.

Casinos' slots revenue continues 16-month slide

 May 16, 2013

Slot-machine revenues at the region's casinos declined in April for the 16th consecutive month.
Foxwoods Resort Casino, including MGM Grand at Foxwoods, reported Wednesday that it "won," or kept, $44.4...

Former local tribal planners advising Mass. town

 May 15, 2013

Former planners for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe are now helping the town of Raynham, Mass., evaluate developers' plans to turn a former dog track into a slots parlor.

Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun slot revenues were down in April

 May 15, 2013

Foxwoods Resort Casino reported today that it “won,” or kept, $44.4 million in slot-machine revenue last month, a 10.2 percent decline over April 2012.

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