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February slot revenues are off at local casinos

By BRIAN HALLENBECK Day Staff Writer — 2010-03-16T12:35:00-05:00

Connecticut's casinos weathered significant declines in their slot-machine winnings last month.
Foxwoods Resort Casino, including MGM Grand at Foxwoods,...

Accused craps cheater found in Long Island

Karen Florin — 2010-03-16T15:43:00-05:00

"Big Al" Grossman, who was among the missing last year when an alleged co-conspirator went on trial for a craps cheating scam at Foxwoods Resort Casino, made his first...

February slot wins down at Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun

Brian Hallenbeck — 2010-03-15T16:07:00-05:00

Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun reported today that their slot-machine winnings declined significantly last month.

Foxwoods, including MGM Grand at Foxwoods, won $51.6 million at...

UAW at Foxwoods members celebrate historic contract

By BRIAN HALLENBECK Day Staff Writer — 2010-03-13T04:54:00-05:00

North Stonington - Finally, they could party. Some 400 members of UAW at Foxwoods, the union representing table-games dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods, celebrated their...

MGM Mirage sells N.J. stake

2010-03-13T05:59:00-05:00

MGM Mirage will sell its 50 percent stake in Atlantic City's top casino and stop doing business there rather than cut ties with the family of an Asian casino mogul the state felt was linked with...

State's gamble on keno misguided

Chuck Potter — 2010-03-13T03:31:00-05:00

The state needs to fill a $1.3 billion gap in revenue. Gov. M. Jodi Rell is dead set against new taxes. I'm fine with that. Her alternative, though, is shameful. Rather than tax, she would choose to...

Paterson drops support for Aqueduct racino group

2010-03-12T01:52:00-05:00

Gov. David Paterson's administration dropped its support Thursday for a consortium chosen to build and operate up to 4,500 video slot machines at the Aqueduct racetrack, promising to...

Atlantic City casinos buried in February

2010-03-12T01:50:00-05:00

The snowiest month ever recorded in Atlantic City kept would-be gamblers frozen in their homes in February, contributing to a 15.7 percent decrease in casino revenues, according to the...

Casinos given poor grade in new poll results

By BRIAN HALLENBECK Day Staff Writer — 2010-03-11T15:53:00-05:00

Findings being released today by PublicMind, Fairleigh Dickinson University's research center, also show that two out of three Americans oppose the legalization of Internet gambling while 53 percent...

Pocono Downs opens Pa.'s 1st dealers school

2010-03-10T05:51:00-05:00

Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., racetrack casino owned by the Mohegan Tribe, began training table-games employees Monday, the first casino operator to do so in Pennsylvania,...