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Old 08-05-2015, 08:08 AM
 
Location: Northeast states
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MGM is in a on-going battle with the new proposed CT casino and want to block CT from having a new casino, plus recently they file a lawsuit against the state what you think ? Are they a bully ?



SPRINGFIELD - In mid-July, as the specter of a newly authorized Connecticut casino opening ahead of his company's Springfield casino grew more tangible, MGM Resorts International President Bill Hornbuckle abandoned months of circumspection about the possible competition and threw a gauntlet.
"We're not going to go peacefully," Hornbuckle said in an interview with Bloomberg Business.
At that time, he did not specify how MGM would respond, peacefully or otherwise. But with the company's filing of a lawsuit in the federal district court in New Haven Tuesday morning, that question has been answered. MGM is seeking to block the Connecticut gaming act authorizing a new tribal casino as unconstitutional, two months after it crossed the desk of Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy.


In the legal complaint, MGM puts forward a two-pronged constitutional argument: That the act violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, and that it violates the Constitution's Commerce Clause. MGM alleges the law violates equal protection by limiting development to the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes to the exclusion of other racial and national groups, and violates the commerce clause by discriminating against out-of-state competitors.




The tribal casino authorized by the law is fundamentally different from those currently operating in Connecticut, MGM argues in the filing. While the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos are allowed under federal law granting tribes gaming rights on American Indian reservations, the new casino would be on state land. This, MGM says, makes the preferential treatment of the tribes illegal.
"In short, the Act creates an unconstitutional pathway to the development of a commercial casino by the two preferred tribes. Accordingly, this Court should declare the Act unconstitutional and enjoin the defendants from enforcing, or otherwise exercising authority under, the act," the lawsuit claims.


Inside MGM Resorts International's lawsuit against the new Connecticut gaming act | masslive.com
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Old 08-05-2015, 09:02 AM
 
Location: USA
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Cry me a river MGM
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Old 08-05-2015, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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It is just sour grapes. They canceled their deal at Foxwoods to go after a casino in Massachusetts. They got approved for one in Springfield but a casino in northern Connecticut will cut into their revenue. They had projected that 40 percent of their business would come from our state. Jay
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Old 08-06-2015, 07:26 AM
 
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Won't a new casino in the Hartford area also cut significantly into the revenues of Foxwoods? What is the projected cost of this new CT casino and where would the funding come from?
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Old 08-06-2015, 07:48 AM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Won't a new casino in the Hartford area also cut significantly into the revenues of Foxwoods? What is the projected cost of this new CT casino and where would the funding come from?
Yes but it prevents the money from leaving the state and the two existing casino operators (Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun) would be the ones running it. There have been a couple of proposals for locations in East Hartford, East Windsor and one other town. The cost has not been determined but it would be paid for by the casinos themselves (at least so far). Jay
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Old 08-06-2015, 12:35 PM
 
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If the casinos don't pay property taxes, East Hartford would be stupid to take them in. Between Rentschler and Goodwin, the residents are already getting screwed.
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