Foxwoods & The Mohegan Sun Casino Here In Connecticut

[4 of a kind]

Thank you Bingo T for your speedy reply to my message.I'd love to check out Foxwoods someday, as it is a top casino in that region, and has a very strong reputation with poker games.

I would also like to thank Curtis H. Gaither Jr.
Casino Shift Manager, Foxwoods & MgM Table Games.

This knowledge should benefit many people, young and old for your bus tours, as well as information that my friends, all across North America, will use, to formulate their trip plans and bankrolls, to visit MGM Grand at Foxwoods and the general area.

I hope that your bus tour clients appreciate the work you do for them.

I've been on bus tours in Ontario Canada myself, and I have talked to many people about table games, and slot machine play, and these people, wanted more information about what the casino offered ahead of time, to prepare money for their trips.

It put the people in a gambling mode, ready to play their favorite slot machines and table games.Win or lose, they were happier to know what the limits were ahead of time, then be in shock to know that their favorite table was too expensive for them for what money they brought <the wipe out feeling that make a gambler hate gambling>.

Mentally, it's easier to handle a $50 loss from $100 brought to the table, than to have just the $50 bill and lose it, having that wiped out look on one's face.

Emotionally, you've just made your customers lives easier on their hearts and minds.

Thank you Bingo T.

Nobunaga

What the hell are you talking about here?

[bpb]

What the hell are you talking about here?

Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

[BingoT]

Boy, How Time Flies to see how Foxwoods grew in the years.
This past March I have been running them Bus Trips now for 22 years.
And all them people that I have entertained on the road to Foxwoods.
~T~

Foxwoods celebrates its roots in bingo


In the beginning, there was bingo.
Before the slot machines, the table games, the buffets, the shows, the hotels, the glitz, the glamour and the convenience, there was bingo.
Connecticut resort gambling started in 1986 with a 1,200-seat tent hidden among the trees at the end of a country road, with no signs pointing the way.
That tent would double in size, blossom into the Foxwoods Resort Casino and over the next 25 years become the biggest gambling property in North America.
But it all started with a tent for bingo.
“They just flocked here and filled up the bingo hall right away,” said Michael Holder, Foxwoods vice president for bingo operations. “It was a success right from day one.”
Holder is one of six people remaining at Foxwoods who started with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe in 1986 with that bingo tent and worked continuously throughout the property’s ups and downs.
The Mashantucket Pequots opened the bingo tent three years after the U.S. Congress passed the Connecticut Indian Land Claims Act. By 1992, the tribe opened the Foxwoods Resort Casino, originally much smaller than the property now that includes 6,500 slot machines, 2,200 hotel rooms, 350 table games, two spas and two golf courses.
The Mohegan Tribe followed the Mashantucket Pequots lead by opening their casino in nearby Uncasville in 1996. Today, the two Connecticut resort casinos generate $1.4 billion in slot revenue alone and contribute $360 million annually to the state government budget.
Slot machine and resort gambling expanded to Rhode Island, New York and Maine; and Massachusetts is considering legalizing three or five of its own gambling properties.
But Holder was there, 25 years ago, waiting outside the bingo tent, wondering if anyone would bother to make the drive to rural eastern Connecticut.
“The players just showed up and never left,” Holder said. “The casino just enveloped us.”
To honor its beginnings, Foxwoods held its annual Firecracker Bingo tournament July 2, a 3,500-seat event with a $500 buy-in and a superjackpot of $1 million.
To honor those employees and all the other who contributed to Foxwoods over the years, the property will hold a much smaller anniversary ceremony on July 6 — the actual anniversary date of the bingo tent opening.
Rather than the lavish door prizes of corvettes and millions in payouts at the Firecracker Bingo tournament, the July 6 ceremony will be limited to a cake-cutting and a few remarks from Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council Chairman Rodney Butler and Foxwoods President and CEO Scott Butera, who started with the casino in January.
“They are going to give special recognition to employees that were here on day one,” Holder said.
On a normal day when Foxwoods isn’t hosting a 3,500-seat bingo tournament, the property pays homage to its beginnings twice. Seven days a week, patrons can play bingo at the bingo hall from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 6:30 to 10 p.m.
The new hall isn’t the original tent. It was video bingo terminals and portable electronic bingo cards. But players can still play on paper.
“It has been fun going this all these years,” Holder said. “We look forward to playing this game and serving these loyal customers that come every year.”
By Brad Kane
http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news19272.html

[BingoT]

Foxwoods: 25 Years Of Ups And Downs Since Bingo Hall First Opened

On a quiet road in southeastern Connecticut 25 years ago this week, "Mashantucket Pequot Indian High Stakes Bingo" opened as a 1,200-seat bingo hall with 50 employees. The hall was open Thursday through Sunday, "one session a day," Michael Holder recalled.

"That was our schedule for the first six years," said Holder, a former Electric Boat employee who was offered the position as the hall's operations manager more than 25 years ago. Today he's vice president of bingo operations.
That 35,000-square-foot bingo hall, about the size of a small supermarket, was the beginning of an empire that would become Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods, a sprawling complex that offers a full house of entertainment: table games, slot machines, restaurants, shops and concerts.
By JANICE PODSADA,
The Hartford Courant
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-f...0,927966.story

[Nobunaga]

4 of a Kind and BPB.I don't use cocaine at all, because it's highly addictive and it can ruin peoples lives in the short and long term.

You both will have to read indicator section #13 of this long thread, on my posts to Bingo T, about casino limit spreads on table games, that MGM at Foxwoods offers to gamblers.

Every casino has a different limit spreads, and the laws vary from state to state, province to province.

It's nice to know ahead of time, how much money to bring ahead of time, or what information the banks need to know, so wiring the money down, for high limit play, will be easy to do.

The gamblers I know personally, vary in the incomes they all have, so some of these people like to gamble for higher stakes at table games, than those that would rather play 25 cent-$1 slots all day long.

I already have invites to check out Atlantic City, to gamble at their casinos, with friends of mine, so it's nice to know that we all could check out MGM at Foxwoods and gamble there.

Plus I like playing Omaha, and Canada doesn't promote Omaha games, so I play those online.

I believe that MGM Foxwoods offers Omaha games, so that would be another reason to visit.

There are gamblers that will play in Atlantic City just for roulette, because of the En Prison rule for roulette.Also many American gamblers who play roulette, want to play single 0 roulette.

So if Foxwoods offers single 0 roulette, with good limit spreads, it would keep the business of the gamble in their court, instead of having the business go to play single 0 roulette in Quebec.

There are many millionaires in the USA that love a good gamble, and roulette is one of these games they wish to play.Same with Baccarat.

Hopefully this thread will help you guys out, just like it has helped me out.

Nobunaga

[BingoT]

The governor of Connecticut casino visits
Oh please Malloy you one term id......



Malloy calls for better casino, tribe relationship
MASHANTUCKET, Conn.— Gov. Dannel Malloy says the state needs to do more to help promote Connecticut's two Indian-run casinos.

Malloy said on a tour of the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort casinos Thursday that the state has neglected its tourism funding and relationship with the state's tribes. He said the state will spend between $9 million and $15 million in the next two years to promote Connecticut and help draw more tourists.
In June, he kicked off a $2.6 million summer tourism campaign.
The governor's casino visits were part of his visits to Connecticut businesses over the past few months to focus on job growth.
Connecticut receives a portion of slot machine revenue. For the state's budget year that ended June 30, 2010, Connecticut received $350.3 million from the two casinos.
Associated Press
http://www.courant.com/news/local/st...,4504062.story

Malloy Affirms Commitment To State's Tribal Casinos


Although some people looked up from the mesmerizing glow of their slot machines to see what all the commotion was about, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy didn't seem to hold the attention of the Mohegan Sun's Thursday pre-noon crowd.

He visited the casino in Uncasville, and later Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, to talk about the state's commitment to reinvigorating its relationship with the tribal nations in what Bruce "Two Dogs" Bozsum, chairman of the Mohegans tribal council, called a recovering industry.

Bozsum cited the addition of 40 jobs to staff the Mohegan Sun's recently remodeled and expanded buffet and the upcoming creation of 125 jobs with the grand opening of Italian restaurant Balo as evidence that the casino is on the upswing. The resort and casino had its first-ever layoffs in September 2010, cutting 475 jobs.
Later, in a press conference at Foxwoods, Malloy apologized for what he called inadequate involvement and communication on the part of previous administrations and promised he would be more involved and work harder to promote tourism in the state. When the casinos are doing well, Malloy said, "The state of Connecticut shares in that success."
The governor also said he had hoped to pour $15 million into promoting tourism in the state, but said it is possible that might be cut to a minimum of $9 million should the budget and economy necessitate it. The futures of Foxwoods and the state, he said, "intertwine substantially."

Malloy said that the state is not certain yet how tourism in Connecticut has fared in this summer, but that he believes there is some indication of improvement. He said both Mystic Seaport and Mystic Aquarium, often good indicators of market conditions for Connecticut's tourist industry, have seen improvement recently compared with last year.

The hotel industry also is experiencing a slight improvement, Malloy said. "It's not where they want it, but it's better than it was," he said.

Revenue from slot machines at both casinos was down considerably during the month of May, as were profits. No numbers have yet been reported for June.

Virginia Dodd, a Rhode Island resident, said she thinks government support of Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun is a good thing. The patronage of the casinos speaks for itself, she said, adding, "People want to come here because of the casinos."
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-m...,2066128.story
By CHARLOTTE CHRISTOPHER,
The Hartford Courant

[BingoT]

State Could Allow Online Gambling And Lottery Ticket Sales
Online lottery ticket sales, even online poker, could become a reality if Connecticut lawmakers approve new forms of Internet gambling during next year's legislative session.

A U.S. Justice Department ruling issued late last week clears the way for the introduction of online lottery ticket sales and online gaming in Connecticut and other states.

"It appears that [online] interstate and intrastate gaming is going to be allowed," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Wednesday in an interview with The Courant.
Malloy, who has been outspoken about the need to increase state gambling revenue, welcomed the ruling, which clarifies the federal government's stance on in-state online gambling and opens doors that would allow Connecticut to remain competitive in a region where gambling options are multiplying.

"Obviously, gaming is an important part of our economy," Malloy said. "… It appears that the only thing the Justice Department has ruled is off the table is sports betting, with the exception of horse betting. So with that one exclusion, everything is up for consideration by the states."

To remain competitive, he said, the state must consider a plan that includes online gaming or risk losing revenue to other states.

With competition looming across all borders, online gaming in Connecticut might be one way to plug some of the losses that the state's two casinos are expected to experience when Massachusetts' casinos open.

After a four-year struggle, Massachusetts lawmakers last month legalized casino gaming. The law allows for the establishment of a single slots parlor anywhere in the state, and three full-scale casinos, one each in the Boston area, and the southeastern and western parts of the state.
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-c...,3494202.story
By JANICE PODSADA,
The Hartford Courant

[rockycatt]

well i think if a state has a dependency on there brick and mortar casino revenue they should not consider on line gaming as a enhancer , it will just cannibalize what they already have

what i think they should do is make it easier for there B&M CASINOS TO GET CREATIVE WHILE OPERATING IN THERE OWN [BOX]

[BingoT]

Gov. Malloy: State Can't Stop Online Gambling
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is bristling at the suggestion that he's bringing online gambling to the state.

"I think there is a level of misunderstanding about online gambling and its prospects in the state of Connecticut," Malloy said during a brief press conference at the legislative office building earlier this morning.
"It is quite clear that Internet gaming is coming to Connecticut. Period. It's coming,''the governor said.
Malloy's remarks, which came at the end of a press conference about storm preparedness, were in response to a U.S. Department of Justice ruling made public last month.

The ruling eases the way for online lottery sales and online gambling.

In light of the ruling, Malloy says, Internet gambling is coming, regardless of what he does or doesn't do. The state of New Jersey is already drafting legislation to usher in online gaming and other states are expected to follow.

"We're going to have Internet gambling in Massachusetts, in Connecticut, in Rhode Island, in California, in Nevada and Mississippi and Alabama and I could go through all 50 states because the Internet is the Internet. You don't turn off the Internet at any state's borders," Malloy said.

"If it's allowed in any state, it will appear in every state,'' he added.

Malloy noted the irony of him being pegged as an online gambling proponent. He says he lost the backing of some Democrats from Bridgeport because of his stance on a casino in that city in the mid-1990s.

"I'm not bringing under any circumstances online gaming to Connecticut,'' he added, "it's a national decision that has largely already been made.''
Congress has show no inclination to stop the Justice Department ruling, Malloy said."Once it happens it's universally available in the United States and we have to decide what to do about it....Try and shut down AOL, try and shut down any service. You can't do it."
By DANIELA ALTIMARI
January 9, 2012
http://www.courant.com/news/politics...,6011802.story



Blumenthal: Online Gaming a Matter for the States

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, long an opponent of online gambling, said this week that, while he continues to oppose it, governors and state lawmakers are the ones who will ultimately decide whether state lottery tickets can be sold online.

His remarks follow a U.S. Justice Department ruling last month on the Wire Act of 1961. The ruling is widely seen as clearing the way for Connecticut and other states to introduce online lottery ticket sales and online gaming.

That's something Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy would like the state consider. Blumenthal, however, said he believes the ruling is "very narrow" and focuses solely on the question of whether online lottery sales violate the Wire Act.
In a brief interview earlier this week, Blumenthal said the decision on whether online gaming will be permitted is a matter for governors and state legislatures, not Congress.
"I continue to oppose online gaming. The dangers of consumer fraud and scams ... are particularly significant,'' he said. "If there is an exception made for state lottery tickets, my hope is it will include those consumer protections against scams and frauds and also age verification [requirements.] ... But the ultimate decision is for the governor and the legislature to make ... it's ultimately a matter of state law.''

Yet a bill before Congress would legalize and regulate online poker on the federal level. The bill, H.R.2366, is pending in the House Energy and Commerce Committee's manufacturing subcommittee.

Blumenthal’s stance on online gaming in light of the recent Justice Department decision was recently discussed by conservative writer Don Pesci on his blog, "Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State." Pesci said he detected a thaw in Blumenthal's longheld views against online gaming, based on the senator's comments about the need for additional consumer protections should online gaming become legal.

In 2005, when Blumenthal was Connecticut’s attorney general, he told The Courant’s Rick Green: ``We have taken a more vigorous and more aggressive view about enforcing that act and the law. In our view [Internet gambling] should be regarded as illegal everywhere.''
http://www.courant.com/news/politics...,3402702.story
By DANIELA ALTIMARI
January 6, 2012

[BingoT]

Foxwoods Touts Luxury Outlet Mall, But Offers Few Details
MASHANTUCKET ——
Foxwoods Resort Casino celebrated its 20th anniversary Wednesday with a party, but underlying the hoopla and speeches lurked the hard reality of new competition, its own massive debt and the urgent need to transform its image.

Foxwoods hopes that a new, 85-store outlet mall with a focus on luxury brands will be the key to drawing visitors who aren't interested in gambling and will turn the resort into a destination where guests will book longer, two- or three-day stays.

Scott Butera, Foxwoods president and chief executive, told the hundreds gathered in the Fox Theater for the celebration that stepped-up competitive pressures on Foxwoods, along with the slowly recovering economy require that the resort take bold steps — the mall being a major one.

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"It's going to be a true retail destination that we've never had before," Butera said. Construction is to begin this spring.

The outlet mall is to be built between the Grand Pequot Tower and the newer MGM Grand at Foxwoods. The plans seek to capitalize on an emerging trend of casinos adding outlet stores, which have been performing better that other traditional, full-price retail coming out of the recession.

But while officials of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe, joined by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other dignitaries, unveiled the ad campaign, they did not answer the question many people want to know: Which stores will be there when the mall opens?

Greenwich-based developer Sheldon Gordon said Wednesday that he expects to announce in late May which stores will be in the mall. Sheldon, who is leasing the property, has built retail centers and components at casino resorts including Mohegan Sun and the Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas, as well as large outlet malls.

Gordon recently told Indian Country Today Media Network that he has "lined up most of the shops for Foxwoods."

Those leases include "outlet versions" of stores at other centers he has developed, he told Indian Country Today.

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Chairman Rodney Butler said the Foxwoods outlet mall is designed to connect the original casino resort with the MGM Grand, which are now linked by a skywalk, into a "seamless experience."

The mall will be "a cross between the local outlets and the Forum Shops at Caesars," Butler told The Courant. "This will draw from Boston and New York and hopefully farther."

Foxwoods now has 28 stores at its resort, mostly high-end. Officials did not refer to the debt problems that led Foxwoods to default on $2 billion in payments in 2009, but they indicated that the ambitious expansion is a response to the need to do something to refresh and reinvent the resort.

Butler conceded in an interview with reporters after Wednesday's festivities that he was nervous about the prospects of increased competition, but "we have the right team, the right components in place" to prosper.

Other added amenities will include a gas station, convenience store and restaurant, Butler said.

The outlet-casino combination, a growing trend, has been a successful formula in other parts of the country, including Las Vegas and Atlantic City and that success has sparked new ventures.

Linda Humphers, editor-in-chief of Value Retail News, said that the outlet mall trade publication has known about Gordon's plans and the Foxwoods project for about a year.

"Sheldon Gordon knows his way around high-end retail and he has outlet mall experience as well," Humphers said.

"In the past, outlet centers were near casinos, but not part of casinos," Humphers said. "You had to drive or take a bus to the stores. The new trend is for outlet centers to be part of the casino complex itself."

The Premier Outlet Shoppes at Foxwoods would follow that concept.

"The retailers decide if they want to be part of the project," Humphers said. "Decisions are based on location, traffic and the cost of going into a particular center."

Humphers said research by Cordish Co., developer of the Atlantic City Outlets, has shown that casino-goers and outlet shoppers share a similar profile: that of a 50-plus-year-old woman of middle to upper income.

Last July, Value Retail News reported on four outlet projects planned for casino venues in North America, including The Shoppes at Sands, which opened this month near the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pa. Among the stores: Coach Factory, Talbots, Guess, Chico's, Peeps & Co., and Corningware Corelle.

The Foxwoods mall will be within 35 miles of Connecticut's two other outlet destinations, in Clinton and Westbrook, whose stores include Coach, Talbots, Guess, Chico's, and Calvin Klein.
By KENNETH R. GOSSELIN,
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-f...,3463047.story