'Informational' hearing yields little information about CT's new digital gamblers
Gentle questioning by legislators at a hearing Monday elicited no information on the numbers or habits of the Connecticut gamblers who have wagered more than $2 billion on sports and casino games since online gambling went live in October. Representatives of Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mohegan Sun and the CT Lottery acknowledged that data collected online could be used to produce a detailed assessment of the new market of gamblers — and to flag problems.