Editing Native American gaming (section)

===Connecticut===
[[File:Sky Tower, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Mohegan Sun]] resort in [[Uncasville, Connecticut]] is operated by the [[Mohegan Tribe]].]]

The [[Foxwoods Resort Casino]] opened in 1992 in [[Ledyard, Connecticut]]. Operated by the [[Mashantucket Pequot Tribe]] and earning $1.5 billion, it was more profitable than any one casino in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] or [[Atlantic City]].<ref name="Waldman, Carl 2009">Waldman, Carl. ''Atlas of The North American Indian''. 3rd ed. New York: Infobase, 2009. Print.</ref> With 7,200 slot machines and 380 table games, the {{convert|314000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Foxwoods Resort Casino is the largest casino in the US and second largest in the world after [[Venetian Macao]]. Today, the property spans 1.5 miles from end to end, with 6 casinos, four hotels, more than 30 restaurants, two theaters, two spas, and more than one hundred retailers. The agreement between the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the State of Connecticut promises the state $80 million or 25% of their annual slot revenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libraryindex.com/pages/1586/Casinos-Native-American-Tribal-Casinos-STORY-NATIVE-AMERICAN-CASINOS-IN-TWO-STATES.html|title=Casinos: Native American Tribal Casinos - The Story Of Native American Casinos In Two States|publisher=Net Industries|access-date=2012-05-04}}</ref> Since Foxwoods opened in 1992, the state of Connecticut has received more than $4 billion in slot revenue from Foxwoods alone.
 
The [[Mohegan Sun]] Resort & Casino is also located in Connecticut, and is owned and operated by the [[Mohegan]] Tribe. The Mohegan Tribe approached the Mashantucket Pequots in the early 1990s for permission to pursue gaming. Although doing so would relinquish their gaming monopoly in Connecticut, the Mashantuckets granted the Mohegans their request, who then opened Mohegan Sun in 1996. This enterprise is {{convert|580,000|sqft|m2}} and consists of 6,500 slot machines and 180 table games.<ref name="Barker, Thomas 2000"/> It is the second largest casino in the United States, located 7 miles away from Foxwoods in [[Uncasville, Connecticut]]. Since opening in 1996, the state of Connecticut has received more than $3 billion in slot revenue from Mohegan Sun alone.
 
The success of both casinos is due in no small part to their location roughly halfway between New York City and Boston.<ref name="Barker, Thomas 2000">Barker, Thomas, and Marjie Britz. Jokers wild: legalized gambling in the twenty-first century. New York: Greenwood Group, 2000. Print.</ref>
 
The economic recession that began in 2007 took a heavy toll of receipts, and by 2012 both [[Foxwoods Resort Casino|Foxwoods]] in Connecticut and its nearby rival the [[Mohegan Sun]] were deeply in debt.<ref name="January 21, 2012 online">Associated Press, "Indian casinos struggle to get out from under debt", [https://www.foxnews.com/us/indian-casinos-struggle-to-get-out-from-under-debt/ January 21, 2012 online]</ref> ''The New York Times Magazine'' said "Foxwoods is fighting for its life", with debts of $2.3 billion.<ref>Michael Sokolove, [http://publicaffairsunlv.dyndns.org/articles/Daily%20Clips/03-14-2012.Foxwoods%20Casino%20Is%20Fighting%20for%20Its%20Life%20(NY%20Times).pdf "Foxwoods is fighting for its life". ''The New York Times Magazine''  (2012)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325092611/http://publicaffairsunlv.dyndns.org/articles/Daily%20Clips/03-14-2012.Foxwoods%20Casino%20Is%20Fighting%20for%20Its%20Life%20(NY%20Times).pdf |date=2014-03-25 }}</ref> In August 2012, the tribe owning the Foxwoods Casino restructured over a billion dollars in debt in an attempt to remain profitable.<ref>Stephan A. Hoover, [https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cwlr/vol49/iss2/5/ "Forcing the Tribe to Bet on the House: The Limited Options and Risks to the Tribe When Indian Gaming Operations Seek Bankruptcy Relief"]. ''California Western Law Review''  49 (2013): 269–309. [https://docplayer.net/138910966-Forcing-the-tribe-to-bet-on-the-house-the-limited-options-and-risks-to-the-tribe-when-indian-gaming-operations-seek-bankruptcy-relief.html Online] (PDF).</ref>