pitch from the governor<\/a> to the tribes would allow them to receive approval to build in Bridgeport, but only if they fold on East Windsor \u2013 something the Native Americans say they aren’t willing to do.<\/p>\nMGM says the state would get its best deal possible through a competitive bidding process, instead of simply giving the tribes more gaming control.<\/p>\n
“The amendments are not limited to an East Windsor casino: they facilitate commercial, off-reservation gaming by the tribal joint venture anywhere in Connecticut, and state legislators have recently proposed granting the joint venture an exclusive, no-bid license to operate a casino in Bridgeport. The amendments thus confer a statewide, perpetual competitive advantage on the joint venture,” the complaint says.<\/strong><\/p>\nMGM is asking the DC court to declare the DOI’s actions invalid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MGM Resorts has filed a federal lawsuit in DC against the US Interior Department on grounds that the agency wrongfully approved of a tribal casino project in Connecticut on non-sovereign land. The complaint challenges the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) decision to sign-off on Connecticut’s modified gaming compacts with its two tribes \u2013 the Mashantucket […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":111490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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