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NEW YORK — Paige Bueckers’ historic freshman season with the UConn women’s basketball team wasn’t forgotten by the Big East coaches today.

Bueckers, the reigning national and Big East Player of the Year, was the unanimous choice as the league’s top performer in voting by the coaches announced at Big East Media Day at Madison Square Garden.

Big East preseason honors

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Paige Bueckers (UConn)

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Azzi Fudd (UConn)

ALL-LEAGUE TEAM

Leilani Correa (St. John’s); Aaliyah Edwards (UConn); Lexi Held (DePaul); Andra Espinoza-Hunter (Seton Hall); Lauren Park-Lane (Seton Hall); Sonya Morris (DePaul); Olivia Nelson-Ododa (UConn); Maddy Siegrist (Villanova); Lauren Van Kleunen (Marquette); Christyn Williams (UConn).

Notes: Coaches cannot vote for their own players; Bueckers was a unanimous selection for preseason Player of the Year; Fudd was a unanimous selection for preseason Freshman of the Year; Correa, Park-Lane, Morris, Siegrist, and Williams were unanimous selections for the preseason all-league team; Bueckers, as Player of the Year, is not included on the all-league team.

Big East preseason poll

Preseason poll    Points

1. UConn (10)    100

2. DePaul (1)    90

3. Seton Hall     80

4. Marquette     74

5. Villanova      62

6. Creighton     54

7. St. John’s     51

8. Providence    32

9. Georgetown   27

10. Xavier         18

11. Butler         17

UConn guard Azzi Fudd was the unanimous choice as preseason Freshman of the Year. The Huskies were the unanimous pick to repeat as Big East regular season champion after a perfect run through the league in their first season back after seven years in the American Athletic Conference.

Named to the 10-player preseason all-league team were Huskies’ seniors Christyn Williams and Olivia Nelson-Ododa and sophomore Aaliyah Edwards. As the Player of the Year selection, Bueckers was…

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Mohegan Sun Casino and FanDuel Sportsbook are Now Available in Connecticut

Published: Oct. 19, 2021 at 9:03 AM CDT|Updated: 5 hours ago

UNCASVILLE, Conn., Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE) and FanDuel Group, the premier online gaming company in the United States, launched a fully integrated, real money online gaming experience for residents and visitors to the state of Connecticut. Starting today, MoheganSunCasino.com, the Mohegan Sun Casino app and FanDuel Sportsbook app, are now available in the state of Connecticut on iOS and Android.

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• Mohegan Sun Casino apps: iOS and Android
• FanDuel Sportsbook apps: iOS and Android.

Launching today in Connecticut, MGE in partnership with FanDuel, will launch a standalone Mohegan Sun Casino app for iOS and Android. New online Mohegan Sun Casino players can play their first day risk-free up to $1,000. The new Mohegan Sun Casino experience will include a number of key features including:

• A robust offering packed with incredible slots and table games including a multitude of recognizable slots that you might find at Mohegan Sun’s massive gaming floor as well as blackjack, roulette and video poker.
• The ability to securely and quickly cash out winnings, with the same level of guest service, convenience, safety and security that customers have come to expect from FanDuel and Mohegan Sun.
• The opportunity for new customers to receive 100% back on their net Casino losses incurred in their first 24 hours of play, up to $1,000! Site credit will be automatically applied to new users accounts within 72 hours of the end of the bonus period.
• Numerous account protections will be available to players, reflecting the strong shared commitment to responsible gaming by Mohegan Sun and FanDuel.

In addition to the standalone app, a version of the Mohegan…

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Online sports betting and internet gambling in the Nutmeg State will still have to wait until early October, pending certain regulatory approvals.

Posted: Sep 29, 2021 6:36 PM ET Updated: Sep 29, 2021 6:36 PM ET Read Time: 2 min

Retail sports betting will begin in Connecticut on Thursday — as long as gamblers drive out to a casino to make their wagers. 

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and partner DraftKings Inc. announced on Wednesday that starting on September 30, players will be able to place bets at a temporary sportsbook and kiosks at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT.

A permanent sportsbook is “currently in the final stages of construction,” a press release said. 

Likewise, the Mohegan Tribe and partner FanDuel Group are launching retail sports betting on Thursday at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT. Wagers will be able to be placed at four live betting windows or via 50 self-service terminals at the casino.

Online sports betting and internet gambling in the Nutmeg State will still have to wait until early October, pending regulatory approval, the DraftKings-related release noted.

The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection has been tasked with overseeing that licensing and review process for sports betting, and approved the licenses needed for on-reservation wagering to begin at both casinos on Thursday. 

“We are still working to finalize the details for the soft launch of statewide retail and online sports betting, and have not yet set a date for that,” DCP spokesperson Kaitlyn Krasselt said in an email. 

However, the Mashantucket Pequot and Boston-based DraftKings aren’t wasting any time with their retail launch in Connecticut. Notice of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s approval of an agreement between the tribe and the state to amend gambling-related…

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WILKES-BARRE — Eric Joseph Esoda, president and CEO at the Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center (NEPIRC), has announced that its Manufacturing Day 2021 Best Practices Summit & Expo, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 1, at the Mohegan Sun Pocono Convention Center, has been rescheduled to May 6, 2022.

Esoda noted that the decision to reschedule was made out of concern over rising coronavirus case numbers in the region and the need to keep the region’s manufacturing workforce, which constitutes the majority of attendees, healthy and safe.

“The decision to postpone was not made lightly,” noted Esoda. “While individual employer locations provide levels of protection, sanitation, traceability and overall safety relative to COVID-19, large-scale public gatherings lose some of those safeguards. Given the large turnout expected at our event, our Board of Directors and leadership team believed the best course of action was to hold Manufacturing Day in the spring rather than next month, with hopes that COVID-19 will be less concerning then.”

Billed as the largest manufacturing expo, best practice conference and networking event in northeastern and the northern tier of Pennsylvania, NEPIRC, according to Esoda, was expecting more than 60 exhibitors, some 400 attendees and numerous industry experts to participate in the day-long event in addition to dozens of high school students who were to participate in a career awareness tract.

“Our advanced bookings and sponsorships were well ahead of expectations for this year’s event,” Esoda added. “However, our concern for the health and safety of staff, exhibitors, speakers and attendees were too important for us to overlook. Our decision to reschedule was a prudent one from a human relations perspective.”

The May 2022 event will also take place at Mohegan…

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Categories: Connecticut, News | Published by: Alex W

30/09/2021

Connecticut Sports Betting edges closer to launch as gaming compacts are published

The final steps towards legal sports betting in Connecticut are underway. The next major obstacle was completed recently when the amended gaming compact between Connecticut and the Mashantucket Pequot Indians was officially published in the Federal Register. The publishing of the Mashantucket Pequot Indians arrives around two weeks after the Mohegan Indians had their compact published in the Federal Register on September 15.

With both compacts now done and dusted and officially published, online sports betting in the Constitution State will be able to launch on October 7. Consequently, residents in Connecticut can start betting on the Week 5 NFL schedule.

Getting Started with Betting in Connecticut

Anybody looking to get involved in the action and place wagers before the official online launch will likely be allowed to do so at one of the state’s retail locations.

Retail sports betting has been given the go-ahead to get underway at a tribal facility a week following the publishing of the compact. Bearing in mind, the Mohegan Indians had their compact published on September 15; they will likely go live with retail sports betting first.

Mohegan Tribal Chairman James Gessner has been seen in a CT Mirror story, revealing FanDuel Sportsbook-branded sports betting kiosks.

The Mashantucket Pequot Indian tribe runs the Foxwoods Casino, which will house a retail DraftKings Sportsbook. However, currently, no official launch date for retail sports wagering has been set by either tribe.

Connecticut Responsible Gambling

Sports wagering in Connecticut will give its residents the chance to ban themselves before the state goes live with sports betting.

The Department of Consumer…

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BOSTON — In-person sports betting begins Thursday in Connecticut, giving New Englanders another option for placing legal wagers on Tom Brady’s long-anticipated return to Foxborough this Sunday.

As the Massachusetts Senate mulls over the legalization of sports betting again this session, the activity has now been approved in every state bordering Massachusetts besides Vermont. The House approved a sports betting bill this summer but the Senate, where the bill has not drawn outright opposition, has consistently shown less interest in the idea and has the House bill under the review of its Ways and Means Committee.

Connecticut’s rollout begins Thursday with in-person betting at temporary sportsbooks at Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino, both in the eastern part of the state and relatively accessible from Massachusetts by I-395 and I-95. Mohegan Sun said adults 21+ can begin placing bets after a 9:30 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. Mobile and online wagering for the Nutmeg State remains a week away, according to The Day newspaper.

The launch of retail betting comes early in the NFL season and coincides with Brady’s first-ever game against the New England Patriots and Bill Belichick. Patriots loyalists, TB12 fans and everyone in between can also travel over state lines to Rhode Island or New Hampshire to plunk down some cash on Sunday night’s game. Rhode Island’s sports betting website featured a series of Brady/Rob Gronkowski prop bets Thursday morning and listed Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers as 7-point favorites.

When the House nearly unanimously approved its sports betting bill (H 3993) in July, Rep. Jerald Parisella pointed out the neighboring states that offer and profit from the activity while illicit gambling still attracts bettors here.

“We’re surrounded,” Parisella, who chairs the Committee on Economic Development, said.

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UNCASVILLE — Gov. Ned Lamont ushered in the next step in legalized gambling in Connecticut Thursday, making the state’s first legal sports wager with a $50 bet for the Connecticut Sun basketball team to beat the Chicago Sky.

After casting his bet at Mohegan Sun, the governor placed two $20 wagers at Foxwoods, picking the Yankees to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to top the New England Patriots on Sunday.

Both tribal casinos opened temporary sportsbooks on Thursday for in-person gambling, weeks after the state Department of Consumer Protection approved licenses for sports betting.

Lamont, who grew up a Yankees fan, said it was his first time ever betting on sports and that he was a “safe man.” With the exception of the Yankees, all of the teams the governor bet on were favored to win, though Lamont said he also bet on each of his teams to cover the spread.

“I bet my heart, I don’t know what the odds are,” Lamont said at Foxwoods.

If the Sun win, Lamont will receive $46.50 plus the $50 for a total of $96.50, a Mohegan official said. Foxwoods did not say what the governor’s payout would be for his bets.

A larger rollout…

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UNCASVILLE — Gov. Ned Lamont ushered in the next step in legalized gambling in Connecticut Thursday, making the state’s first legal sports wager with a $50 bet for the Connecticut Sun basketball team to beat the Chicago Sky.

After casting his bet at Mohegan Sun, the governor placed two $20 wagers at Foxwoods, picking the Yankees to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to top the New England Patriots on Sunday.

Both tribal casinos opened temporary sportsbooks on Thursday for in-person gambling, weeks after the state Department of Consumer Protection approved licenses for sports betting.

Lamont, who grew up a Yankees fan, said it was his first time ever betting on sports and that he was a “safe man.” With the exception of the Yankees, all of the teams the governor bet on were favored to win, though Lamont said he also bet on each of his teams to cover the spread.

“I bet my heart, I don’t know what the odds are,” Lamont said at Foxwoods.

If the Sun win, Lamont will receive $46.50 plus the $50 for a total of $96.50, a Mohegan official said. Foxwoods did not say what the governor’s payout would be for his bets.

A larger rollout…

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UNCASVILLE — Three-time Grammy Award-winning and multiplatinum-selling group Pentatonix will bring its holiday spirit to Mohegan Sun Arena in December with “Pentatonix: The Evergreen Christmas Tour 2021.”

The concert celebrates the quintet’s sixth holiday-themed album, “Evergreen,” which will be released on Oct. 29.

Pentatonix has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide and performed for hundreds of thousands of fans at their sold-out shows across the globe. Their YouTube channel boasts over 19 million subscribers, yielding more than 5 billion video views.

Last summer, Pentatonix released “At Home,” an EP featuring new arrangements of “Blinding Lights” (The Weeknd), “When the Party’s Over” (Billie Eilish), “Break My Heart” (Dua Lipa) and “Dreams” (The Cranberries) before releasing two original songs, “Happy Now” and “Be My Eyes” (from their album “The Lucky Ones,” as well as an arrangement and video for Tears for Fears’ “Mad World.”

The quintet also celebrated the end of 2020 with a new holiday collection, “We Need A Little Christmas,” and performances at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and NBC’s New Year’s Eve broadcast. Most recently, Pentatonix released their new original album, “The Lucky Ones,” in February of 2021 and “The Lucky Ones Deluxe” in September of 2021.

Tickets are $75 and $55 and go on sale Friday, Oct. 1, at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun box office beginning Saturday, Oct. 2, subject to availability.

The tour requires all attendees to have received a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours, or be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (at least two weeks after final dose) and provide proof of vaccination prior to entering the venue. Unvaccinated fans under 12 years of age will be required to take a COVID-19 diagnostic test within 72 hours before the event and must provide proof of…

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The Casinos I listed are a drive away, no flying involved, making your stay a fun time and only a few hours drive away.

This is a place we would take company fun days to. Here’s why. Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to three unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, 2 world-class spas, a golf course, over 80 shops, great restaurants, and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat arena.

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The MGM In Springfield is about an hour’s drive from the center of the Berkshires. It is smaller, but has a great atmosphere, with gaming, shows, bowling alley, movie theatre, taproom just to name a few.

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Plainridge Park Casino provides excitement, winning, and hometown comfort. Along with the hometown comfort, you can enjoy the latest and greatest slot machines, video poker, and electronic table games while enjoying drink service in their open-floor casino.

This resort casino has dramatic stairs and a merry-go-round, People who have been there saying it has a Vegas-style to it. Opulent restaurants, gaming, and a beer garden.

This Resort Casino Came In At Number One On The List Of Casinos That Are Not In Vegas. This was voted by experts. We Have been to this place too!

Foxwoods Resort Casino features deluxe accommodations, fine dining, a wide variety of entertainment attractions, and shopping. They also have a comedy Corner.

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