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Source: Melinda Tuhus, In These Times, February 5, 2008

Foxwoods Resort Casino rises from the hills of rural southeastern Connecticut like a gambler's Oz.

It is one of the country's biggest Indian casinos and it is the largest employer in the state, with 10,000 workers. Of those employees, about 2,600 are dealers of games such as poker and blackjack. And on Nov. 24, 2007, many of these dealers placed a bet on a better life with the United Auto Workers (UAW). ....

It's the first election at an Indian casino to be overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which made a groundbreaking ruling last year that allowed Indian casinos to be unionized. But casino management has appealed the vote, claiming it violates tribal sovereignty.

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Source: Tom A. Peter Christian Science Monitor, November 1, 2007

A casino plan in Massachusetts is pushing two Connecticut tribes to expand their gambling operations.

... In New England, all eyes are on Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who is proposing that the state allow three resort casinos to be built by 2012. He claims the casinos would create 20,000 permanent jobs and generate at least $400 million a year in tax revenues. By some estimates, the plan could cost Connecticut's tribal casinos $700 million a year in lost business.

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Source: American Gaming Association (AGA), 2007 AGA Survey of Casino Entertainment

The AGA presents the 9th annual State of the States: The AGA Survey of Casino Entertainment. Included in the report are details of the national and state-by-state economic impact of commercial casinos, along with data examining the continued growth of the racetrack casino sector. State of the States offers an in-depth look at casino visitation, profiles the American casino gambler, and features polling data indicating the acceptance of casino gaming remains high. The 2007 State of the States survey includes a special section on the Gulf Coast region that features the results of a new poll of opinion leaders from the area about the status of recovery efforts and the outlook for the future, particularly with regard to the region’s gaming industry. It also reports on the poker sector and for the first time, spotlights sports betting, a sector of the industry that has been receiving increased interest.

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