The Native American tribe that owns Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun casino is suing its insurance carrier over what it says was the denial of claims for millions of dollars in losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
An award-winning architect who has participated in more than 300 projects at The S/L/A/M Collaborative for clients including Foxwoods Resort Casino and Pfizer has been promoted to principal at the Glastonbury architecture firm.
Connecticut lawmakers were urged Tuesday to finally legalize sports betting after years of debate, but disagreement still remains as to who has rights to that kind of wagering: the state’s Native American tribes or all comers?
Unemployment in eastern Connecticut is soaring, despite relatively few cases of COVID-19 in the region, largely because the pandemic forced two giant casinos to suspend operations.
Connecticut officials on Monday ordered movie theaters, gyms and other businesses closed until further notice, announcing restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
Revenue at Connecticut’s two casinos declined in fiscal 2019 amid new regional competition, according to new fiscal reports.
MGM Resorts filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the federal approval of a deal that would allow Connecticut’s two Indian tribes to open a third casino in the state.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers from around the state announced Wednesday they’ve crafted a wide-ranging compromise bill they hope could lead to a tribal casino in Bridgeport and legalized sports betting.
MGM Springfield counted $22.29 million in revenue from its slot machines and tables games last month, its third-best since it opened, while Connecticut’s casinos continued a pattern of year-over year slots revenue declines.
There’s still a chance that a wide-ranging deal on expanded gambling in Connecticut, one that could possibly include sports betting, internet gambling and a Bridgeport casino, could be reached in the coming months
Despite last-minute efforts, state lawmakers did not pass a bill to authorize a tribal casino in Bridgeport before the five-month regular session ended Wednesday night.
Efforts to craft a compromise between Connecticut’s two Native American tribes, the state and Springfield, Massachusetts casino operator MGM Resorts on gambling expansion and sports betting have stalled.
Connecticut’s two resort casinos experienced yet another month of declining slot machine revenues in March, bringing their losing streak to nine months. At the same time, the MGM Springfield casino just across the state line in Massachusetts saw a substantial increase in all types of gaming revenue.
Pledging that the company has undergone a “transformation” since Steve Wynn left the last year while embroiled in sexual misconduct allegations, Wynn Resorts on Tuesday set out to convince the Massachusetts Gaming Commission that it remains suitable to hold the lucrative Boston-area casino license.
An East Windsor casino proposed by the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes may now have the go-ahead from the federal government, but it still faces a lawsuit from an abutter before the proposal advances any further.
A daylong discussion of proposed gaming legislation rekindled a regional rift Tuesday, at times pitting southeastern Connecticut lawmakers against their counterparts from the Bridgeport area.
Norwich city leaders on Tuesday joined a growing number of southeastern Connecticut cities and towns expressing opposition to any efforts by the state to pursue a Bridgeport casino, a move they warned would threaten jobs.
MGM Resorts International’s Springfield, Massachusetts casino took in $19.69 million in revenue during January, an 8.7 percent drop from the previous month.
The fate of a bill that could bring a new casino to the state is uncertain, but MGM Resorts International wants to keep its Bridgeport-based project on people’s minds.
Lawmakers led by the Bridgeport delegation introduced a bill Thursday to form a Connecticut Gaming Commission and create competitive bidding for a resort-casino license, formally launching this year’s fight in one of the state’s most divisive issues.
