Atlantic City, New Jersey - Casino workers from Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Detroit and Connecticut joined together today in a new Gaming Workers Council, with a broad organizing, bargaining and communications agenda. "We're excited," said Sharon Masino, a casino dealer at Caesars in Atlantic City and a member of the UAW/AC Dealers Union. "With everybody joining together, we'll be stronger than ever.
The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority will open an office in Palmer, Mass. The idea isn’t to promote Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, but to prepare for the potential expansion of the brand to Palmer should the commonwealth legalize gambling. The tribal authority already has a lease on a 150-plus acre site. The office opening comes at an uncertain time in the gaming industry.
Mashantucket, Connecticut (AP) - Foxwoods Resort Casino's gaming chips are going high-tech. The eastern Connecticut entertainment complex is phasing out the 49 different sets of old chips and replacing them with new discs, each embedded with tiny radio frequency computer chips and bearing individual serial numbers, according to the Norwich Bulletin. They say that helps the casino keep tabs on the chips and cut back on counterfeiting.
Hartford, Connecticut (AP) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says he's going to urge legislators again to ban smoking at the two casinos in the state. Blumenthal says he's responding to an agreement Mohegan Sun officials have made with the governor to eliminate second-hand smoke with high-tech ventilation systems. Workers at Foxwoods Resort Casino delivered a letter to Gov. M. Jodi Rell's office Wednesday...
Mashantucket, Connecticut - Two of the world's largest casinos are getting a lot bigger this week, betting that they can draw more visitors by becoming entertainment destinations even as the gaming industry suffers nationally because of high gas prices and the weak economy. Foxwoods Resort Casino, run by the Mashantucket Pequots Indian tribe, will open its USD 700 million MGM Grand this weekend.
Mashantucket, Connecticut - Foxwoods Resort Casino is starting to recruit thousands of workers in anticipation of opening its new MGM Grand casino. Foxwoods will kick off its recruitment campaign Sunday with the launch of a new employment Web site. Opening in May, the MGM Grand at Foxwoods will have 2,000 employees and provide an additional 1,000 jobs at the property's restaurants...
The operators of the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut are looking at spending about USD 1 billion on a new gambling resort in Palmer that could include up to 4,000 slots, a 600-room hotel and a giant retail center, according to town and Mohegan tribe officials. Bruce ’Two Dogs’ Bozsum, chairman of the Mohegan Tribe, said that the Mohegans realize any gaming resort in Palmer would cost in the vicinity of USD 1 billion.
