The announcement comes following Foxwoods and DraftKings having successfully launched sports betting and iGaming in Connecticut on October 19, 2021.

The Mashantucket Pequots have said they believe tribal law, not federal labor law, should apply.BOSTON and SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico and MASHANTUCKET, Conn., Ap(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation today announced they have agreed to a deal to expand their relationship and pave the way to offering the DraftKings online and retail sports betting experience in Puerto Rico, subject to applicable licenses and regulatory approvals being obtained. He would not say how much is at stake, but said creditors have not imposed a deadline.īutera also said he expects to have a good relationship with unions that have organized dealers, bartenders, beverage servers and other workers. “The objective is to come up with a restructuring that makes sense and is manageable from a cost size,” he said. Restructuring debt is an “important element” of his work, he said. He succeeds interim President William Sherlock. You’ve got to diversify.”īutera, 43, has been president and chief executive of Las Vegas-based Tropicana Entertainment Inc. “You’ve got to assume it’s going to happen next year or the year after. “You have to face the fact you’re always going to have increased supply, increased competition,” Butera said. State lawmakers in Massachusetts failed to agree on legislation this year that would permit casinos, but the issue will be back on the agenda in 2011.Īnd the Shinnecocks, a small Indian tribe on New York’s Long Island, won a decades-long fight this year for federal recognition, bringing it one step closer to opening a casino. The two casinos face the prospect of greater competition from New York and Massachusetts.

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