The casino will be built on the site of a closed movie theater near I-91. The 200,000-square-foot facility will have 2,000 slot machines and between 50 and 150 table games.<\/p>\n
MMCT will continue to honor its gaming compact for its Foxwood and Mohegan Sun casinos. The East Windsor Connecticut venue will follow the same revenue sharing agreement, with 25 percent of gross proceeds delivered to state coffers.<\/p>\n
The joint tribal venture will also pay a one-time $1 million initial payment for its new license. Finally, MMCT will set aside $300,000 annually to go towards problem gambling programs.<\/p>\n
Of the 25 percent gaming tax earmarked for the state, 15 percent will go towards the general fund, while the remaining 10 percent will be used to promote tourism in Connecticut.<\/p>\n
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The cost of regulatory oversight incurred will be covered by MMCT as well. Additionally, East Windsor’s surrounding towns of Ellington, Enfield, South Windsor, Windsor Locks, East Hartford, and Hartford will each receive their own annual grants of $750,000 from the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“With so much at stake, we can’t thank [Governor Malloy] and his partners in the legislature enough for standing with us in our fight to save jobs and revenue in Connecticut,” Mashantucket Chairman Rodney Butler said, following the decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The legal path for a Connecticut casino in East Windsor is now paved, after Governor Dannel Malloy (D) signed Public Act 17-89, a bill that authorizes the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes to jointly construct a satellite gambling facility. The controversial move allows the Native American groups, working together as an entity called MMCT, to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":53359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Connecticut Expansion Bill Allows Indian Casino on Non-Tribal Land<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n