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Connecticut tribes sign new gaming agreements to account for new casino

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation hits milestone on gaming revenues
Mohegan Tribe reports 7.6 percent increase in slot machine revenues

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe are now authorized to build a $400 million gaming facility in Connecticut.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe hope to open a new casino before the end of 2018 in order to address competition from neighboring Massachusetts.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe are praising a federal court decision in favor of a law that paved the way for their new casino in Connecticut.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe believe a letter from the Department of the Interior helped them get over the finish line for their proposed casino.

It looks like a third casino, to be operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe, is coming to Connecticut.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe are running out of time in their bid for a new gaming facility they say will protect jobs and revenues.

Plans over a new casino in Connecticut continue to face legal and political challenges.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe see the facility as a way to keep jobs and revenue in the state.

The new administration is sticking by a letter that should help the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and Mohegan Tribe in their quest.

The Supreme Court has changed the rules of the game, putting tribal officials and employees at risk for damages they may incur while off the reservation.

The Arizona Republican is joining the battle over a new casino in Connecticut but a letter sent to the Trump administration is marred by alternative facts.

A 73-year-old bathroom attendant at the Foxwoods Resort Casino was punched in the face because the water was too cold for the officer.

The tribe's court system resolved other claims connected to the incident that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

While tribes are generally protected by sovereign immunity, the same does not apply to their employees, the nation's highest court ruled.

Professor Matthew L.M. Fletcher offers some initial thoughts on the new decision in a posting on Turtle Talk.

In a positive move for tribal interests, the nation's highest court refused to reopen a lawsuit that targeted the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe want to share revenues from table games.

The development has the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe in neighboring Connecticut worried.

The 131,000-square-foot Mohegan Sun Expo Center is expected to open in the summer of 2018.

The Connecticut-based tribe lost out to a rival gaming firm owned by billionaire Steve Wynn.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe are hoping to address growing competition for gaming dollars.

Two former Department of the Interior officials who once worked together are on opposite sides of a gaming debate in Connecticut.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe want to convert a vacant movie theater in East Windsor into a $300 million gaming facility.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe are hoping to address competition from neighboring Massachusetts.

Former president Bobby Soper, who is a tribal citizen, denied hiding anything.

Bobby Soper, a tribal citizen, is leaving his post as president and CEO of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority 'immediately.'

Operating income fell 29.5 percent and losses totaled $51.6 million for the first quarter.

The justices are trying to determine whether an employee of the Mohegan Tribe enjoys sovereign immunity.

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation saw a drop of 6.9 percent while the Mohegan Tribe fared better.

The United Auto Workers was the first union to organize at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

The justices will hear the dispute in Lewis v. Clarke on January 9, 2017.

In just a week's time, a massive gaming and entertainment facility will be open right outside of Washington, D.C.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's racial attacks on Indian Country go back decades.

Three high-rollers say they are owed more than $2.7 million from the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

Only one Indian law case is on the docket so far, a big change from last year's explosive session.
Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP
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