Doubling down: Legislature mulls three new casinos

March 11, 2015

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Sen. President Martin Looney with Mohegan Chairman Kevin Brown and a drawing of the customer base for the new MGM Springfield casino (Christine Stuart photo)

HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut will roll the dice on a proposal to allow three more casino gaming facilities, with the first slated to be built at an as-yet unspecified spot along the I-91 corridor.

At a press conference Tuesday, legislators, representatives from both the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes and labor advocates spoke about the competition Connecticut faces from an increased number of gaming facilities in neighboring states.

“Massachusetts has declared war on us and we are going to fight back,” Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, said.

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2 responses to “Doubling down: Legislature mulls three new casinos”

Bill

March 11, 2015

Duff looking out for Hartford and Eastern Connecticut. Where is our Increased ECS money?

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Casey Smith

March 11, 2015

Really? Malloy thinks that Connecticut will succeed while casinos in both Atlantic City and Las Vegas are closing? Haven’t the revenues for Foxwoods and the Mohegan Sun dropped?

And this is because Massachusetts is opening a casino in Springfield? What makes anyone think the Springfield one will survive?

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