The Mohegans own and operate the popular Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort, while the Mashantucket own and operate Foxwoods Resort Casino.įor sports betting, Mohegan Sun has hooked up with FanDuel, while Foxwoods drew DraftKings as their sportsbook partner.
These tribes, the Mohegan Tribe and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, are a major part of the casino gaming scene in the state. For an online poker product to be offered, the company must partner with one of the two Indian tribes that call Connecticut home. The state regulations are not exactly anything that has not been enacted in other locales. While sports betting has been able to take off well, to this date there have been zero takers when it comes to offering online poker to willing customers. Also featured along with these new regulations was the opportunity for sports betting to be offered to citizens of Connecticut. However, there has also been molasses-slow response to this new development as there have been no operators stepping up to offer their product to Connecticut residents.Īs of February 1, the state of Connecticut has been open for business as to online poker. Connecticut became the seventh state to open the doors for online poker inside its borders earlier this month. There are now seven players in the state-by-state online poker industry in the States of America.
