Backed by Gov. Ned Lamont, the once-troubled CT Lottery has a shot at online sales — and possibly more.
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Lamont backs GOP plan for $450 back-to-work incentive
Gov. Ned Lamont favors the Republican plan over an extension of a federal program that provides $600-a-week in added unemployment.
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As barbershops, hair salons, casinos open, $619.9 million state deficit projected due to COVID-19
The state’s fiscal forecast is grim, but barbers, hair salons and casinos all reopened on Monday.
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‘Gambling with COVID’: Connecticut casinos show glimpse of new normal upon re-opening
While customers are welcoming the re-opening with open arms — and wallets — tribes are facing criticism from the state.
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Lamont says Connecticut’s COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped dramatically
Numbers released Friday show 577 people are now hospitalized with COVID-19, a drop of more than 70 people since yesterday.
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Lamont pleased with this state’s Memorial Day behavior, but worried about casinos
The incubation period of the coronavirus is a week or two.
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A symbolic victory for casino expansion
The state Senate approved the consolation prize late Wednesday for those hoping to see a new casino authorized to combat growing competition from gambling facilities in neighboring states — particularly one to open in Springfield in 2017. The bill, which now heads to the House of Representatives, instead establishes a search process for a potential host community for a new casino — and requires the legislature to revisit the matter one year from now.
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Jepsen declined to help tribes lobby feds on casino
The state attorney general’s office declined Tuesday to help the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes ask the U.S. Department of the Interior for a statement supporting their bid for casino expansion in Connecticut.
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Old questions, new concerns on keno
A legislative hearing on a renewed proposal to legalize keno raised old concerns Wednesday about expanding gambling in restaurants, bars and convenience stores and new ones about profit-sharing and technology.
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Gaming expansion draws considerable support, some opposition
While Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was noncommittal Tuesday about a proposed expansion of gaming in Connecticut, it drew support from business, labor and municipal leaders.
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Connecticut’s unlikely history of casinos gets a new chapter
Failing to slam the door on casino gambling in 1991, Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. cut the deal in 1993 that both gave the industry a foundation and firmly capped its reach in Connecticut — until now. Today, the legislature’s Public Safety and Security Committee holds a public hearing on what appears to be the strongest attempt in two decades to expand casino gambling off tribal lands.
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So far, few bet on adding gaming sites
Since Mohegan tribal leaders declared their interest six weeks ago in offering casino games at a new site, state officials responses have ranged from negative to lukewarm. But if the concept is to get even a public hearing this spring, someone at the Capitol is going to have to step up and champion the issue, according to the leader of the legislative panel with jurisdiction over gaming issues.
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Will CT keep sharing casino revenues with towns after the election?
The bill ends a requirement that cities and towns share in the proceeds from video slots from the state’s two casinos.