federal judge ruled against a New Jersey state law that would have allowed casinos to offer betting on sporting events.
So, we'll have to see where it brings us.'ĭargan said he couldn't recall exactly which day he and other legislators met with the tribes. 'But, like I said, we hear a lot of different things. 'Unless there's really a concrete proposal that a number of people are interested in to move forward, it might be a waste of time,' Dargan said of a legislative hearing. It's too early to tell if there will be a legislative hearing or a bill, and what that bill might say. But if we don't look at it and look at the pros and the cons, we won't know that.'
'We would determine that it's not in our best interest to do anything. 'The outcome might be that we would do nothing,' Sayers said. She said that's why she wants the legislature to consider expanding gambling. If people go to the Bay State to gamble, Connecticut will lose tax revenue to its neighboring state. 4 election when Massachusetts voters struck down a referendum that would have repealed a 2011 law allowing three resort casinos in different regions, including an $800 million attraction planned by MGM Resorts International in Springfield.Ĭonnecticut casino patrons in Greater Hartford are closer to Springfield than either of Connecticut's casinos.
