There’s more than three million reasons why East Windsor wants the MMCT casino. The town stands to receive $3 million up front from the tribal groups, plus a minimum of $3 million annually thereafter.<\/p>\n
Considering East Windsor is home to about 11,500 residents, that comes to roughly $260 per person, per year.<\/p>\n
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“No More Casinos in Connecticut” will try and paint a dark picture during this evening’s hearing. Among the organization’s 12 reasons for opposing casino growth, the group claims gambling “leads to debt, bankruptcies, broken families, and embezzlement,” and that a casino’s business model “is dependent upon preying on people.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
To counter the MMCT discussion, the East Windsor Board of Selectmen will hold its own meeting on the casino. The forum will take place on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Defending their unanimous decision to welcome the casino, Selectman Jason Bowsza told the Associated Press<\/i>, “We’re acting in what we think is in the best interest in the community. There are going to be those, like in any issue, that would disagree . . . but we’re excited to move forward.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MGM Resorts is rooting for casino expansion opponents in Connecticut to succeed in blocking a third gambling venue in the small northeastern state. Late last week, the Mohegan and Mashantucket tribes of Connecticut (MMCT) officially signed a development agreement with East Windsor to build a $350 million satellite gambling facility in the town. The project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":46243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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