The Mohegans and the Pequots have been looking outside of Connecticut to expand their gaming options as revenues at their reservation casinos continue to fall. Built on the grounds of Rocky Gap State Park.There are no Indian casinos, Indian bingo halls or Indian gaming in Pennsylvania. Nation was part of a group that originally held the license for the Philadelphia casino.īut it was revoked after numerous delays. The Mohegans operate the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, a commercial casino in the northeastern part of the state. “We’re right off I-95 and I-76, so you can expand your reach and pull from two neighboring states and the region.” “We’re very confident we’re going to grow the market,” David Cordish, the chairman of Cordish Companies, the group behind the $425 million Live! Hotel and Casino Philadelphia and the Maryland Live! Casino. In addition to the three states you mention, your.
An extreme case is New Mexico, where drinks are neither free nor for sale on the gaming floor. But the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awarded it to the operators of an existing commercial casino in neighboring Maryland. Those include Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Rhode Island, Maryland, Michigan (a bill to change the thirsty status quo there failed in the last legislature), Idaho, Missouri, Ohio, Florida, and Delaware. The tribe was part of a group that bid on a license in the Philadelphia area. Image from Arnold ImagingĬonnecticut won't be opening a second commercial casino in Pennsylvania. Artist's rendering of the Live! Hotel and Casino Philadelphia.
