“Authorizing online gaming and enabling consumers to more easily access gambling is a significant policy decision that has not yet been embraced or acted up by our legislature,” said Lamont. “Doing so at a time when so many Connecticut residents are in financial distress would be a particularly significant policy decision to make without legislative approval.”<\/p>\n
The lawmakers are additionally requesting that Lamont allow the Connecticut Lottery to operate online Keno and internet scratch-off games. Rhode Island recently did just that, joining eight other states with online lotteries.<\/p>\n
State Sen. Cathy Osten’s (D-Sprague) district includes the tribes’ reservations. One of the 13 state lawmakers who signed the letter to Lamont, she says her region’s economy relies heavily on Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods.<\/p>\n
\nWe’re not saying the tribes shouldn’t have closed down,” explained Osten. “What we’re saying is there has to be a way to ameliorate this situation. It’s like the governor’s not understanding what’s happening here.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Lamont seemed surprise to hear this week that the tribes were considering reopening their casino resorts in the coming weeks. “That strikes me as pretty soon,” the first-term governor said, adding that he’d “like to talk to the sovereign nations.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thirteen Connecticut lawmakers representing the southeastern part of the state are calling on Governor Ned Lamont (D) to immediately allow the state’s two tribes to operate online casinos. Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, respectively owned and operated by the Mohegan Tribe and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, have been closed since March 16. They did so of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":135818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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