{"id":50218,"date":"2017-05-11T16:26:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T23:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=50218"},"modified":"2017-05-11T16:34:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T23:34:15","slug":"mccain-weighs-connecticut-casino-fight-opposing-tribal-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mccain-weighs-connecticut-casino-fight-opposing-tribal-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain Weighs in on Connecticut Casino Fight, Opposing Tribal Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. John McCain<\/a>\u00a0voiced his opposition to a new casino in Connecticut<\/a> on Tuesday, saying the proposed project would endanger the state\u2019s revenue-sharing deal with the Mohegans and the Mashantucket Pequot tribal operators, ultimately costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n

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Sen. John McCain may be one of the principal authors of IGRA, but he got his maps\u00a0amiss in a letter he wrote objecting to\u00a0a proposed casino in Connecticut. (Image: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These tribes, however, contend the opposite, saying the whole purpose of their proposed jointly run casino in the north of the state is to protect revenues the casino shares with Connecticut. The Mohegans and the Mashantucket Pequots, who operate the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods in the southwest of the state, are looking to open the casino purely to deflect competition from MGM\u2019s new resort.<\/p>\n

But because the proposed \u201csatellite casino\u201d would be operated by tribal operators outside tribal lands, it raises a slew of legal issues.<\/p>\n

Drawing Border Battle Lines<\/h2>\n

In a letter sent to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, McCain encouraged the administration to disavow an advisory letter the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes of Connecticut were parading around in support of their proposed joint casino on non-tribal lands.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tribes and the State of Connecticut believe that operating a joint gaming venture on off-reservation land, as sanctioned by state law, allows them to and skirt the existing legal framework for pursuing off-reservation gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act\u201d McCain wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In his letter, McCain asserted that the Obama administration was incorrect when telling the Connecticut tribes that their proposal for a jointly operated casino would not violate existing state compacts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

McCain was one of the architects of the 1988 law that made casino expansion beyond Nevada and New Jersey possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a principal author of IGRA,\u201d McCain wrote, \u201cI have grave objections about the previous Administration\u2019s apparent circumvention of over 25 years of Indian gaming law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Geography Lesson<\/h2>\n

MGM representatives were quick to circulate McCain’s letter to politicians in Hartford and Indian Affairs authorities in Washington DC.<\/p>\n

Tribal casino representatives responded to McCain\u2019s letter with a statement of their own, balking at the \u201celeventh-hour tactic by MGM to stall our growing momentum.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They also seized on McCain’s referring to the proposed development as\u00a0\u201can off-reservation casino near the Connecticut-New York border just a few miles from New York City.\u201d The casino in question is on the other side of the state, on the border with Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

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Whether that was just a slip of the keyboard\u00a0or legitimate confusion about state borderlines, the mistake is understandable when considering that all interested parties are at war over a\u00a0customer base from just across Connecticut\u2019s border to the south, in New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

They also objected to the characterization of an “off-reservation” venue, as if it were something less than the\u00a0commercial casino they are seeking approval to build.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s clear MGM owes an apology to Senator McCain,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThey purposely gave him bad information, which makes sense considering they\u2019ve been doing the same with Connecticut\u2019s elected leaders for months.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. John McCain\u00a0voiced his opposition to a new casino in Connecticut on Tuesday, saying the proposed project would endanger the state\u2019s revenue-sharing deal with the Mohegans and the Mashantucket Pequot tribal operators, ultimately costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars. These tribes, however, contend the opposite, saying the whole purpose of their proposed jointly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":50220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMcCain Weighs in on Connecticut Casino Fight, Opposing Tribal Satellite<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sen. 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