To: Nittany Lion who wrote (8750 ) 6/15/1998 7:49:00 PM From: Market Tracker Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Here in Connecticut we have the Mashantucket Pequot [Foxwoods}, and the Mohegan [Mohegan Sun} Indian Reservations and casinos, respectively. In 6 years, Foxwoods has grown from a hole in the ground to the largest casino in the western hemisphere now employing on the order of 11,000 people. This sovereign nation, through their creativity, hard work, and attention to details, has IMO produced one of the greatest success stories I have ever seen since Bill Gates was in high school. :) The State of Connecticut (through a deal cut by former governor Lowell Weicker), gets 25% of the net win from all slot machines. All table games are exempt from any state payment requirement. Now, I have been in dozens of casinos throughout the U.S., Las Vegas, the Carribean, and South America, and nowhere did I ever see a busier casino. On this particular Tuesday morning in October there were 27 crap tables operating, and it was next to impossible to get to play at any one of them. It was the dictionary definition of a "madhouse".
