Gov. Ned Lamont relies on federal funding and state reserves to balance his new budget without significant tax hikes.
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Lamont edges close to deal on sports betting. Just don’t ask for odds.
Connecticut is close to a deal with the tribes over rights to sports betting.
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With Lamont bullish on gambling expansion, the odds improve
Talks over sports betting and online gaming come in an economic and political environment vastly changed since March.
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Ready to gamble? Mohegan Sun wants to take your temperature.
The Mohegans want the governor’s blessing to reopen the casino. He’s not ready to give it.
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Online gambling during COVID-19? Lamont: ‘I must decline.’
Gov. Ned Lamont declined Friday to use his emergency powers to legalize online gambling during the COVID-19 outbreak,
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The night COVID-19 silenced the slots at Foxwoods
Foxwoods has stayed open for 28 years through blizzards, hurricanes, and the terrorism attack of Sept. 11. Until Tuesday.
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Slots on your smartphone? Lamont says, ‘No.’
Is Connecticut ready to offer casino games on your phone or laptop? Gov. Ned Lamont is not.
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Lamont and tribes deadlock over sports betting
Gov. Ned Lamont endorsed legalizing sports betting under terms opposed by the tribal owners of Foxwoods Resort and Mohegan Sun.
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Sweeping gambling bill is meant to push Lamont
Democratic leaders endorsed legislation that would give the state’s two federally recognized tribes exclusive rights to take bets on sports, open a casino in Bridgeport and offer a broad array of virtual casino games on smart phones and computers.
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A tribe, a state and a mutual reliance on gambling
It’s unclear how permissive the Land of Steady Habits is willing to be in gambling’s new digital age. The secondary question is how much of the action will be handled by Connecticut’s tribal casinos.
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MGM suit takes new tactic to blocking tribes
The aims of the new suit by MGM are broader than stopping a competing tribal casino in East Windsor: It questions their ability to conduct any off-reservation gambling in Connecticut.
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Tribes reject Lamont’s grand bargain on gambling
The tribes won’t give up a planned casino in East Windsor, as requested by Gov. Ned Lamont. The next move is Lamont’s.
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With impact study, Pequots ramp up lobbying push
No one doubts they are an economic player. But the Mashantucket Pequots are making the case anyway.
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Speaker: Gaming issues, pot legalization likely to wait until 2019
House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz was skeptical Tuesday that the legislature would resolve any major gaming issues or the legalization of marijuana this spring.
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Op-Ed: Expanding gambling not the answer to state budget woes
The governor and state legislative leaders need to put together a sustainable plan for state government to live within its means, instead exploring an expansion of casino gaming.