Plainfield Greyhound Park operated from 1976 to 2005 in Plainfield Shoreline Star Greyhound Park opened at the former jai alai fronton in Bridgeport in 1996, and closed in 2005. The Bridgeport and Hartford frontons closed in 1995, and the Milford fronton followed in 2001. Jai alai frontons opened in Hartford and Bridgeport in 1976, and in Milford in 1977. The state's OTB operation opened for business in 1976. A horse track named Connecticut Park was proposed to be built in Wolcott, but was canceled in the late 1970s after failing to gain state approvals. Jai alai and dog racing were added the following year. Horse racing and off-track betting were legalized in 1971. Two greyhound tracks and three jai alai frontons have previously operated in Connecticut. The Sportech operation had a total annual handle of $168 million as of 2015, with $125 million paid out for winning bets. Parimutuel wagering on horse racing, greyhound racing, and jai alai is offered at sixteen off-track betting (OTB) parlors around the state operated by Sportech, and also at the two tribal casinos. The Mohegan Tribe, having gained federal recognition in 1992, opened its casino in 1996. The operation expanded to include table games in 1992, and slot machines in 1993. Tribal gaming began in 1986 with the opening of a high-stakes bingo parlor on the Mashantucket Pequot reservation, after a court ruled that state bingo regulations did not apply on the tribe's sovereign land. As of the 2016-17 fiscal year, the two casinos had a total annual slot handle of $13.2 billion, with winnings of $1.1 billion. The tribes pay 25 percent of their slot machine revenue to the state, in exchange for the state maintaining its prohibition on the machines outside of the two casinos.

A third casino, to be jointly owned by the two tribes, is planned in East Windsor but has been held up by legal proceedings.

They are operated on tribal lands under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act by the state's two federally recognized tribes, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe, respectively.

state of Connecticut include two Indian casinos ( Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun), parimutuel wagering, charitable gaming, the Connecticut Lottery, and sports betting.Ĭonnecticut has two Indian casinos, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard and Mohegan Sun in Uncasville.

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