Foxwoods Resort News - Page 24

Gambling on an empty stomach isn't fun. Who needs hunger headaches when you're trying to decide whether to split aces? Plus, many casinos offer restaurants with high-end chefs and great food. So if you're looking for plenty of restaurant options on your next trip, check out these places.

With the release of Casino City’s Indian Gaming Industry Report last week and the opening of the new Casino of the Wind at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut later this week, we thought this would be the perfect time to dig into our bank of data and find out what are the 10 largest Indian casinos in the world.

News Brief: The ongoing slump in slot revenues continued at both Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun in July.

Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods reported to the state Division of Special Revenue a net slot win of $63.6 million, a $6.1 million decrease from June 2007.

News Brief: A roulette worker at Foxwoods came up the big loser when he bet that nine women gathered around his table couldn't understand the gross comments he was making about them in Spanish.

News Brief: Table games dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino can go the bargaining table with their employer, according to a decision released by the National Labor Relations Board.

News Brief: Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods posted slot revenue of $72.5 million in May, nearly 8 percent higher than the net slot win a year ago.

News Brief: The second union election this month at Foxwoods Resort Casino will take place on May 30, when approximately 40 employees in the off-track betting area of the casino will vote for or against representation by the United Auto Workers union.

News Brief: The United Auto Workers union beat out the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and has the exclusive right to seek representation of slot technicians at the Foxwoods Resort for the next two years.

The new $700-million resort and casino drew a heavy dose of celebrities this weekend as the MGM celebrated its arrival in Connecticut by opening the doors to its lavish casino, hotel, restaurants, ballroom and 4,000-seat theater.

News Brief: The Connecticut House of Representatives will not take up a proposal that could have extended the state smoking ban to the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos, the chamber's leader said Tuesday.

News Brief: A huge majority of Foxwoods Resort workers from the engineering department voted against union representation by the International Union of Operating Engineers.

News Brief: Attorneys representing the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation once again argued that federal labor laws should not apply to the tribe because of tribal sovereignty.

News Brief: Slot revenues continued to decline at both Connecticut's casinos during the month of March, but while the losses at Foxwoods Resort Casino continued to grow, Mohegan Sun experienced its smallest decline in recent months.

News Brief: The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the UAW have each filed petitions with the labor board seeking to unionize Foxwoods Resort Casino's slot technicians, electronic bench technicians, field service technicians and senior field service technicians.

News Brief: Governor M. Jodi Rell has begun preliminary discussions with the owners of the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos over banning smoking at the casinos.

Taking on the biggest names in poker goes with the territory when you decide to compete in a World Poker Tour event. Find out how three players dealt with the challenge of being seated at the same table as Full Tilt poker pro Phil Ivey during Day 1 of the Foxwoods Poker Classic last week in Connecticut.

News Brief: Attorneys representing Foxwoods Resort Casino have appealed a judge's decision issued earlier this month recommending certification of a vote by dealers in favor of union representation.

B-I-N-G-O! It may be a game that you learned as a kid, but in the industry of land-based gaming bingo spells big business. We dipped into the Casino City data to find out where you can find the biggest bingo parlors in the world and the list begins deep in the woods of Connecticut at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

News Brief: Taking the suggestion of the Connecticut attorney general and several leading lawmakers, a legislative committee on Monday supported negotiating a smoking ban at the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos.