MGM: Pequots, Mohegans casino plans illegitimate

MGM Resorts International called Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes’ alliance “the result of an illegal and unfair gaming act.”

After hundreds of years of rivalry, Pequot and Mohegan tribes have signed an agreement last week to build a casino as a defense against out-of-state companies siphoning revenue from Connecticut.

The new satellite casino is expected to cost about $300m and to have about 2,000 slot machines and 150 table games.

A study commissioned by the tribes also projected a new casino could create about 6,000 jobs and generate $78m in taxes.