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Mashantucket, Mohegan tell General Law Committee their gaming operations bring jobs, tax revenue and community investment
Summary
Leaders from the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes described multi‑billion‑dollar economic contributions from casino, online and development projects, and urged lawmakers to protect tribal sovereignty and clarify tax authority as the legislature considers gaming policy changes.
Rodney Butler, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, and leaders from the Mohegan Tribe told the Connecticut General Law Committee on Tuesday that tribal gaming has been a major economic engine for the state and for southeastern Connecticut.
Butler said Foxwoods and the tribe’s online arm, Wonder Nation, have supported infrastructure and jobs for decades and that tribal‑state partnerships have expanded since the tribes and state cooperated to roll out iGaming and mobile sports wagering. “Our sovereign status and the government‑to‑government partnerships we forge with the state have been critical to those results,” Butler said.
The tribal presentations combined economic data, development updates and requests for legislative attention. Butler said Mashantucket Pequot gaming operations have generated what he described as about $4.8 billion in contributions to the state…
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