Connecticut's two federally recognized tribes don't seem to be making any ground in reversing their decline in slot machine revenues.
Slot revenues at Foxwoods Resort
Casino and MGM Grand at
Foxwoods were down 8.8 percent last month. They fell 9.1 percent at Mohegan Sun.
“We’re doing all the right things. But our hands are tied. We need to see the public feel better about the economy,” Mohegan Sun CEO Mitchell Etess sad, The New London Day reported.
Both the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe said people are still coming to their casinos but they are spending less.
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Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun report rough June (The Norwich Bulletin 7/16)
Casinos' slots 'win' down 9 percent in June (The New London Day 7/16)
Conn. casinos’ take tumbles
(The Boston Herald 7/16)
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Connecticut tribes not happy with slot revenues
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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