Foxwoods Resort News - Page 32

Season One of the World Poker Tour’s Professional Poker Tour is jampacked with a stellar line-up of All-Star players, 134 of which turned out for the Tour's inaugural competition on November 9-10 at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

News Brief: Foxwoods Resort Casino's slot machine revenues surpassed Mohegan Sun's in August for the first time in many months, according to figures released Wednesday by the two southeastern Connecticut casinos.

Foxwoods Resort Casino, the largest casino in the world, is raising the stakes by celebrating its $300 million expansion today with the opening of the newly expanded Rainmaker Casino and Hard Rock Café.

News Brief: Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods are not worried that the introduction of 61,000 slots into neighbouring states will adversely affect their business.

News Brief: Slot machine revenue was relatively unspectacular during the month of May at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun.

News Brief: New England resident went on a 72-hour card-playing odyssey, in his attempt to set a world record for the longest casino poker session.

News Brief: The National Labor Relations Board last week issued a decision that gives the 20,000 employees who work at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun the right to join unions.

Foxwoods Resort Casino is helping its patrons to offset the skyrocketing prices at the gas pumps this summer by launching its ‘Fill Up with Foxwoods’ Giveaway beginning July 1st.

News Brief: As a $300 million makeover takes shape at Foxwoods Resort Casino, it is gambling's friendly new face, not that old Rat Pack, on display.

News Brief: Revenue from slot machines grew by more than 5 percent at Connecticut's two Indian casinos in April, with Mohegan Sun leading the gambling growth.

The state's public safety commissioner is looking into allegations that a state police major has been playing the slot machines at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in violation of his own orders.

News Brief: Ursula Scott, sober and employed at 42 after struggling for 20 years with a substance abuse problem, was not going to quietly accept the news that bus service from Hartford to Foxwoods Resort Casino would be discontinued.

News Brief: Lacking a union, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods employees can appeal if they think they've been treated unfairly.

News Brief: Foxwoods Resort Casino ‘out-handled’ Mohegan Sun last month but Mohegan Sun beat Foxwoods in wins.

News Brief: As more slot machines, video lottery terminals and perhaps even new Indian casinos come to states surrounding Connecticut, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are taking every step to make sure that they preserve their lock on the market.

News Brief: Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino officials reported record slot machine handles in January despite bitter cold weather.

The wonder of it all apparently isn't so wondrous anymore.

News Brief: Connecticut's tribes are now looking to bankroll other Native American gaming ventures across New England and the country in a significant move to expand.

News Brief: Gamblers from Rhode Island and Massachusetts drop more than $1.1 billion dollars each year at the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos in Connecticut, according to a new study.

News Brief: The American Indian operators of Connecticut's two casinos find themselves at different stages of development as 2004 gets underway.