Published June 02. 2021 11:49AM Get the weekly rundown Email Submit
Mashantucket Jean Swift, former treasurer of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council, has been appointed interim chief financial officer of the tribe, which owns and operates Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Swift replaces David Rozen, who resigned as CFO last week, the tribe announced.
Swift, 53, currently serves as a financial adviser to the tribal council. She was first elected to the council to fill a vacancy in 2013 and was elected to a full, three-year term in 2015. She did not seek re-election in 2018.
A certified public accountant, Swift began her career in finance as an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand. In 2019, she was recognized as Executive of the Year by the Native American Finance Officers Association.
Budget talks are underway as lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont attempt to reach a deal before the General Assembly adjourns June 9, but the sides remain in disagreement about taxes. Democratic lawmakers favor raising taxes on the wealthy to fund tax credits for the poor and middle-class and other initiatives. Lamont has resisted tax hikes, saying the state is in good financial standing and tax increases send the wrong message.
Published May 22. 2021 10:19PM By
After years of wheel spinning, and not of the roulette variety, the state House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation allowing and setting up the rules for sports betting and online casino-style gambling.
This is really happening. It will help the Connecticut Lottery and the state’s two tribal casinos, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort, compete with other states and in the process protect jobs. It will also generate tax revenue for the state.
The measure now moves to the Senate where we anticipate it will get the unanimous support of the delegation that southeastern Connecticut sends to Hartford, as the bill did in the House, winning easy approval 122-21.
Ever play fantasy sports in Connecticut? By the estimate of DraftKings and FanDuel, about 600,000 of you have done so over the past decade, even if their business operates in a grayish area of state law and never has been licensed or taxed.
There is no gray, however, in the gambling bill scheduled to be debated Thursday in the House of Representatives. Not only would it legalize sports betting and online casino gambling, it explicitly outlines a licensing process for fantasy sports.
Ironically enough, once the bill becomes law, DraftKings and FanDuel would be forced to cease operations in Connecticut until the Department of Consumer Protection develops regulations and the companies get licensed.
Gambler Wins $1.325 Million In Lawsuit Against Connecticut Casino
Foxwoods Resort Casino Pays Out Seven-Figure Sum To Man Who Slipped And Fell At The Tribal Casino
by Steve Schult
| Published: May 18, 2021
A Connecticut gambler was awarded $1.325 million after settling a lawsuit against Foxwoods Resort Casino.
In 2016, then-56-year-old Gary Goodman, slipped and fell on “an accumulation of liquid substance” which resulted in a fracture of his left leg, torn tendons and a dislocated ankle, according to the lawsuit. The injuries he sustained as a result of the fall caused him to retire from his dentistry practice in Massachusetts.
The fall was documented by casino security footage and was Goodman’s attorney called it a “very good capture of the event.” The video showed a guest of the property spilling a drink on the ground and several employees ignoring the liquid and failing to clean it up.