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The Foxwoods Resort Casino is the largest casino in the world and one of the busiest. It has 340,000 square feet of gaming space in a complex that covers 4.7 million square feet. More than 40,000 guests visit Foxwoods each day. The casino is part of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, which brought gambling to Connecticut in 1986 when it opened a high-stakes bingo hall. It is located in southeastern Connecticut, near the Rhode Island border. Today Foxwoods has six casinos with more than 7,000 slot machines and 400 tables for 17 different types of table games, including 100 for poker. There¿s a high-tech Race Book, and it continues to offer the world¿s largest Bingo Hall.
The Foxwoods Resort Casino is the largest casino in the world and one of the busiest. It has 340,000 square feet of gaming space in a complex that covers 4.7 million square feet. More than 40,000 guests visit Foxwoods each day. The casino is part of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, which brought gambling to Connecticut in 1986 when it opened a high-stakes bingo hall. It is located in southeastern Connecticut, near the Rhode Island border. Today Foxwoods has six casinos with more than 7,000 slot machines and 400 tables for 17 different types of table games, including 100 for poker. There¿s a high-tech Race Book, and it continues to offer the world¿s largest Bingo Hall.
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NLRB Upholds Foxwoods Dealers' Union Election
Courant Staff WriterThe National Labor Relations Board has upheld an administrative law judge's ruling that last November's union election by card dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino was proper. But casino management immediately promised to challenge the decision in federal...Tags: Labor Legislation, Work Relations, Mashantucket, Casino and Gambling, Unions
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NLRB upholds union election at Foxwoods
Dealers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino called on management Friday to begin contract negotiations after the National Labor Relations Board certified their union. The NLRB, in a 2-0 decision issued on June 30, affirmed a March ruling by Administrative Law...Tags: Labor Legislation, Work Relations, Mashantucket, Casino and Gambling, Unions
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AT&T To Announce Investment In New Equipment
Courant Staff WriterAT&T will announce today that it will make a $250 million investment in new equipment in Connecticut this year, an investment that might have been scrapped if not for a recent state ruling regarding utility boxes that deliver the company's new U-verse...Tags: Internet, Television Industry, Wethersfield, Consumers, Poetry
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Foxwoods Resort Casino lays off employees
general news and financial services. MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) _ The tribe that owns Foxwoods Resort Casino in eastern Connecticut says it has laid off less than 2 percent of its work force because of rising gas and food prices. The Mashantucket...Tags: Quinnipiac University, Mashantucket, Casino and Gambling, Casino and Gambling Industry, Gaming and Lotteries
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Foxwoods Lays Off Just Over 100 Workers
Courant Staff WriterJust months after creating nearly 2,000 jobs with its newly opened MGM Grand casino, Foxwoods said it has laid off just over 100 employees. In January, Foxwoods Resort Casino was posting billboards and holding job fairs in search of 2,000 employees...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Casino and Gambling Industry, Unemployment, Gaming and Lotteries, Tourism and Leisure
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Foxwoods Resort Casino cutting jobs in weak economy
The tribe that owns Foxwoods Resort Casino in eastern Connecticut said it has laid off some staff because of rising gas and food prices. The Mashantucket Pequots say the layoffs of middle managers and some hourly employees -- representing less than 2...Tags: Quinnipiac University, Mashantucket, Casino and Gambling, Casino and Gambling Industry, Gaming and Lotteries
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Foxwoods Resort Casino Lays Off Employees
The tribe that owns Foxwoods Resort Casino in eastern Connecticut says it has laid off less than 2 percent of its work force because of rising gas and food prices. The Mashantucket Pequots say the layoffs of middle managers and some hourly employees...Tags: Quinnipiac University, Mashantucket, Casino and Gambling, Casino and Gambling Industry, Gaming and Lotteries
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Foxwoods Resort Casino Lays Off 200 Employees
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) - The tribe that owns the Foxwoods Resort Casino says nearly 200 employees have been laid off. A spokeswoman for the Mashantucket Pequots says the layoffs of middle-managers and some hourly employees are part of what she calls...Tags: Mashantucket, Casino and Gambling, Casino and Gambling Industry, Unemployment, Gaming and Lotteries
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Jobs in state pick up in May
State labor officials say the number of jobs in Connecticut increased by 2,900 in May, helped by the opening of Foxwoods Resort Casino's MGM Grand. The Labor Department announced Thursday that employment in the state increased to 1.7 million. State...Tags: Connecticut
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Conn. casinos' slot revenues rebound
Connecticut's two casinos are reporting that their slot machine revenues increased in May after an eight-month decline. Foxwoods Resort Casino was bolstered by the opening of MGM Grand at Foxwoods. It saw a nearly 8 percent increase in its net slot...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Casino and Gambling Industry, Gaming and Lotteries, Tourism and Leisure, Norwich
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