page_title: Native American gaming
section_title: Connecticut gaming
hierarchical_section_title: Native American gaming / Industry / Connecticut gaming
caption_attribution_description: English: Foxwood Casino of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, Ledyard, CT Deutsch: Foxwood Casino des Mashantucket Pequot Stammes, Ledyard (USA, Connecticut)
context_page_description: Native American gaming comprises casinos, bingo halls, and other gambling operations on Indian reservations or other tribal land in the United States. Because these areas have tribal sovereignty, states have limited ability to forbid gambling there, as codified by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. As of 2011, there were 460 gambling operations run by 240 tribes, with a total annual revenue of $27 billion.
context_section_description: The Foxwoods Resort Casino opened in 1992 in Ledyard, Connecticut.  Operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and earning $1.5 billion, it was more profitable than any one casino in Las Vegas or Atlantic City. With 7,200 slot machines and 380 table games, the 314,000-square-foot (29,200 m²) Foxwoods Resort Casino is the largest casino in the US and second largest in the world after Venetian Macao.  Today, the property spans 1.5 miles from end to end, with 6 casinos, four hotels, more than 30 restaurants, two theaters, two spas, and more than one hundred retailers. The agreement between the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the State of Connecticut promises the state $80 million or 25% of their annual slot revenue.  Since Foxwoods opened in 1992, the state of Connecticut has received more than $4 billion in slot revenue from Foxwoods alone.
  The Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino is also located in Connecticut, and is owned and operated by the Mohegan Tribe.  The Mohegan Tribe approached the Mashantucket Pequots in the early 1990s for permission to pursue gaming.  Although doing so would relinquish their gaming monopoly in Connecticut, the Mashantuckets granted the Mohegans their request, who then opened Mohegan Sun in 1996. This enterprise is 580,000 square feet (54,000 m²) and consists of 6,500 slot machines and 180 table games.  It is the second largest casino in the United States, located 7 miles away from Foxwoods in Uncasville, Connecticut.  Since opening in 1996, the state of Connecticut has received more than $3 billion in slot revenue from Mohegan Sun alone.
  The success of both casinos is due in no small part to their location roughly halfway between New York City and Boston.
  The economic recession that began in 2007 took a heavy toll of receipts, and by 2012 both Foxwoods in Connecticut and its nearby rival the Mohegan Sun were deeply in debt.  The New York Times Magazine said "Foxwoods is fighting for its life", with debts of $2.3 billion.  In August 2012, the tribe owning the Foxwoods Casino restructured over a billion dollars in debt in an attempt to remain profitable.
caption: The Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut
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