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Leaders of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation announced they began distributing the COVID vaccine on Monday. They say tribe firefighters were the first to receive the Moderna vaccine. The tribal nation said they are focused on vaccinating the entire employee population, beginning with first responders and those who are most at risk. Vaccinations will continue to be distributed with the...

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Foxwoods on Monday announced temporary furloughs to what company officials described as less than 100 employees as the casino continues to weather the pandemic. Jason Guyot, interim CEO and president for Foxwoods Resort Casino, said they are making changes as COVID-19 continues to spread moving into the winter season. Those changes included reduced hotel capacity and reduced gaming options in…

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Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods are taking steps to fall in line with Connecticut’s rollback to Phase 2.1, though their approaches are slightly different. Mohegan Sun said all their restaurants and bars will fall in line with the state guidelines, which reduce restaurants to 50% capacity indoors and require in-restaurant dining curfews. In a statement, Jeff Hamilton, president and general manager…

Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun say they are voluntarily complying with most of the state’s new Phase 2.1 COVID-19 restrictions.

The U.S. casino industry is seeking tax and regulatory relief from the government as it tries to recover from a coronavirus outbreak that cost states more than $2 billion in lost tax revenue while casinos were shut down for four months this year.

Newly released emails obtained by The Associated Press show Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont thought he was closed to reaching a wide-ranging gambling deal with the state’s two federally recognized Native American tribes. In an exchange in May with the chairman of the Mashantucket Pequots, the Democratic governor says he thought both sides were at the finish line, but talks...