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Connecticut’s House Speaker to Craft Gambling Deal with Tribes

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June 3, 2019

Niji Narayan

Connecticut’s House Speaker to Craft Gambling Deal with Tribes

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Connecticut’s House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, has held private meetings with the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Tribes, members of the Bridgeport legislative delegation and others in hopes of crafting a complicated bill that could include sports betting, internet gambling and a possible casino in Bridgeport.

“I was not willing to give up on the idea” of a global gambling bill, said Democrat Aresimowicz. “This is like a Hail Mary pass to try to get this to work out.”

Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont had been working for months trying to craft a gambling agreement that didn’t violate the state’s revenue-sharing agreement with the two tribes and included new sports betting and internet gambling. In exchange for exclusive rights to certain forms of gambling, the tribes currently provide the state 25% of slot-machine revenues.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.