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Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation News
Foxwoods tribe researching internet gaming
12 Oct 2011
The Mashnatucket Pequot Tribal Nation is reported as having had talks with Internet gaming companies.
Goodson Gaming, Foxwoods Development Company form online venture
1 Nov 2010
Goodson Gaming and Foxwoods Development Company have formed Velocity Gaming, which will focus on pursuing regulated online gaming worldwide.
Little support to lowering gamble age
17 May 2010
Tribal Chairman suggests lowering gambling age in response to neighbouring states competitive advantage.
Nearly 40 percent of employees would accept Mashantucket buyout
22 Dec 2008
News brief: Two hundred eighty-six employees indicated they would accept a severance package the Tribal Council offered two weeks ago.
Mashantucket Pequot rating may be downgraded
18 Jul 2008
News Brief: Standard & Poor's is considering downgrading the credit rating of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe on the heels of disappointing slots numbers in June.
Mashantucket Pequot refuse to bargain with union
11 Jul 2008
News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has refused to bargain collectively with the United Auto Workers union, which is working on behalf of nearly 3,000 poker and table-game dealers at the tribe's Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Gambling success brings controversy for tribe
9 Jun 2008
News Brief: The casino success of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe has brought riches to the small Connecticut tribe but also controversy.
Mashantucket Pequots raise sovereignty issue
25 Apr 2008
News Brief: Attorneys representing the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation once again argued that federal labor laws should not apply to the tribe because of tribal sovereignty.
Connecticut governor begins smoking ban talks
8 Apr 2008
News Brief: Governor M. Jodi Rell has begun preliminary discussions with the owners of the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos over banning smoking at the casinos.
Foxwoods appeals union vote order
27 Mar 2008
News Brief: Attorneys representing Foxwoods Resort Casino have appealed a judge's decision issued earlier this month recommending certification of a vote by dealers in favor of union representation.
Connecticut tribe to appeal judge's decision
17 Mar 2008
News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequots says they will appeal a judge’s decision to overrule their objections to a Nov. 24 vote by Foxwoods table game dealers to organize under the United Auto Workers.
Tribe contests union vote
4 Dec 2007
News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequot tribe contested the United Auto Workers’ winning union vote Monday.
Labor board won't review Mashantucket Pequots' claim
22 Nov 2007
News Brief: The National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., has refused to review the Mashantucket Pequots' claim that the agency has no jurisdiction over the unionizing effort at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Tribe challenges union vote
9 Nov 2007
News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequot tribe filed its legal challenge to union efforts at Foxwoods Resort Casino late Wednesday with the National Labor Relations Board in Washington.
Mashantuckets pay homage to late casino mogul
29 Oct 2007
International News Brief: The chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Michael Thomas, said the tribe owed a great deal to late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong for his vision and his confidence in them.
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation backs Democrat
26 Oct 2007
News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation's political action committee and employees of Foxwoods Resort and Casino already have a favorite for the next election: Sen. Chris Dodd.
Mashantucket Pequot: NLRB has no jurisdiction here
17 Oct 2007
News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequot tribe is so sure the National Labor Relations Board has no jurisdiction over its employees at Foxwoods Resort Casino that it refused to hold an union vote.
Foxwood, unions face off
12 Oct 2007
News Brief: As dealers at Foxwoods were gathering signatures this summer to force a vote on unionizing, the casino's owners were quietly taking action, too.
Connectitcut tribes bring rivalry to Kansas
27 Sep 2007
News Brief: The Mohegan tribe is hoping to develop a casino and resort in northeast Kansas, not far from a south-central county where its rival, Foxwoods Resort Casino, is putting in a bid of its own.
Casino tribe negotiates with resort operator
21 Sep 2007
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has executed a letter of intent with Wisconsin-based Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. to develop a Great Wolf Lodge resort.
Locals respond to Casino Pauma expansion
29 Aug 2007
News Brief: Pauma Valley residents attended a hearing Tuesday night on the planned expansion of Casino Pauma to share their concerns with tribal officials.
Mashantucket Pequots look to the Caribbean
15 Aug 2007
News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequots' plans to diversify tribal holdings beyond gaming are coming to fruition with the development of resort-style projects in St. Croix and the Bahamas.
Developer eyes Sumner county casino
10 Aug 2007
News Brief: After defeat late Tuesday of a proposal that would have allowed a corporate casino in Sedgwick County, Kansas, Chisholm Creek Ventures is moving to the next county over.
Casino looks for housing solution
31 Jul 2007
News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, owners of Foxwoods Resort Casino are looking for housing solutions to accommodate the casino's growing workforce.
Connecticut tribe denies AC casino plans
15 Feb 2007
News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe is discussing the development of a new casino on the waterfront in Atlantic City but the tribe said Wednesday it has no current plans to develop the site.
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