Category: Mohegan

Connecticut’s tribal casinos reported big gains in slot-machine revenue in December, contrasting with 2020’s numbers and restrictions. 

Mohegan Sun reported Monday that it kept $41.8 million in slots revenue after paying out prizes last month, a 29.5% increase in a year-over-year comparison. Foxwoods Resort Casino saw $30.5 million, up from $21.5 million a year ago a 42% rise. 

Mohegan Sun contributed $11.7 million of its December slots win to the state while Foxwoods sent $7.6 million to Hartford. 

As reported by the Department of Consumer Protection’s Gaming Division, being the second full month of online casino gaming in Connecticut, December generated more money for the state than November did. However, online sports betting revenue declined from month to month. 

Online gaming sites operated by the casinos paid the state $2.9 million in December, up from $2.5 million in November. Sports wagering offered by the casinos and by the Connecticut Lottery Corp. generated about $930,000 for the state in December, down from about $1.7 million the previous month. 

The casinos’ online sports betting sites collected more wagers than in previous months, but paid out a greater percentage in winnings: Foxwoods saw $68.9 million in sports wagers and paid out $63.8 million to patrons who placed winning bets. Mohegan Sun collected $63.3 million in wagers and paid out $59.4 million. The lottery took in $11.4 million in bets and paid out $10.5 million. The lottery’s retail sites saw $6.5 million in wagers and paid out $6.1.

After deductions for canceled bets, taxes and promotions, Foxwoods’ gross sports-betting revenue in December was $3.2 million. Mohegan Sun’s was $26 million and the lottery’s was $561,036. Each paid 13.75% of their gross revenue to the state. 

In terms of gross online gaming revenue, Foxwoods generated $9.2 million while Mohegan…

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Syracuse, N.Y. – The Seneca Savings January JazzFest, a fixture of the Syracuse area midwinter music scene since 2011, celebrates its 10th year of live programming on Sunday, Jan. 30 from 1 to 9 p.m. at Mohegan Manor.

America’s music will resound from all four floors of the historic venue in Baldwinsville, spanning diverse styles including mainstream and bebop, traditional acoustic swing, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. Outstanding high school talent will be showcased, the next generation of emerging professionals will gather to jam, and this year’s special guest headliner, the Queens-born, Brooklyn-based Marianne Solivan, will perform in a festival setting for the first time since joining the Syracuse University music faculty as instructor of vocal jazz.

According to Jazz Times, Solivan is “a vital part of the Manhattan jazz scene…her sound hints at the sharp-focused intensity of Patricia Barber [and] the earthiness of Dinah Washington melded with the interpretive sass of Carmen McRae or, on occasion, even Betty Carter.”

She has performed and recorded with Christian McBride, Peter Bernstein, Jeremy Pelt, Gregory Hutchinson, Steve Wilson, Gene Bertoncini, and Lewis Nash, and many others, appearing at iconic jazz locations including Smoke, Smalls, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Birdland, and The Blue Note.

She will front a band of regional luminaries including Rick Montalbano, Tom Brigandi, Jimmy Johns, and Joe Carello for a 90-minute show at the event.

“This year’s event is the most intergenerational we’ve ever put together,” said Larry Luttinger, CNY Jazz founder and curator of the organization’s annual fundraiser. “We’re providing a platform for performers from boomer to Gen Z and everything in between.  Our best talent of today and tomorrow will be on display.”

Proceeds from the festival will support the scholastic activities of the CNY Jazz “Educational Pipeline” of scholastic programs including the SummerJazz Workshop and CNY Jazz Youth Orchestra, as…

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Bill Reid  |  For The Bulletin

Monday evening brings the Wolf Moon, the first full moon of the new year with peak illumination at 6:51 p.m. Look for it to rise from the northeastern horizon around sunset.

In New England, and all the way west to Lake Superior, we use the traditional names given by the Algonquin peoples for the full moons. Why is January the Wolf Moon? According to legend, January is when wolves are most likely to be heard howling. Long ago it was thought wolves howled in January because of hunger, but we now understand wolf howling is done for several reasons – to identity and claim territory, locate mates and pack members, organize hunting and strengthen the pack’s social bond.

Today, there are no wolves left in our region to howl at the full moon, as they have been long extirpated from this part of the country as an apex predator. But perhaps we should consider changing the name of the January full moon to the Eastern Coyote Moon, the canid species that has supplanted the wolf. My guess is all readers of this column have heard the howl of the eastern coyote (as well as their other varied vocalizations). That sound, on a cold winter night, can send a shiver up your spine, just as the sound of a wolf howl may have once done for the inhabitants of this region prior to the mid-18th century.

The region’s connection to the wolf dates to its earliest human inhabitants. The Mohegan people of the region call themselves the wolf people. The first sentences of the Mohegan mission statement say “We are the Wolf People, children of Mundo, a part of the Tree of Life. Our ancestors form our roots, our living Tribe is the trunk, our…

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Among signs of the sense of normalcy repopulating everyday life is the return of restaurant weeks.

The Mohegan Sun Resort Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, has organized a just such a promotion for later this month. Running from Jan. 23 through 27, their Restaurant Week has a number of the casino’s high-profile dining destinations participating.

VALLO Italian Restaurant has a three-course dinner deal offering guests a choice of starters, the option of selecting from four different entre favorites, and a cannoli for dessert. The meal package price is $35.

Michael Jordan’s Steak House has put together a three-course dining experience around a seared tuna steak. Caesar salad is the starter course and a chocolate bread pudding serves as finale.

Lobster will be the attraction at Jasper White’s Summer Shack, where it’s being paired up with a salad to start and Key Lime pie to finish.

Lansdowne Irish Pub, SolToro, and Sushi Koya are among the other Mohegan Sun venues participating in the promotion.

More details on the Restaurant Week at Mohegan Sun can be found at mohegansun.com or by calling 888-226-7711.

The granddaddy of restaurant weeks, NYC Restaurant Week, has returned in the form of a Winter 2022 edition running from January 18 through February 13.

Organized and promoted by NYC & Company, the Big Apple’s tourism and convention agency, this winter’s “week” has price points for two-course luncheon and three-course dinner menus set at $29, $39, and $59 with 450 restaurants across the City’s five boroughs participating. As is customary, Saturdays are excluded from the program, and Sunday participation is at the option of individual restaurants.

Eateries in NYC are under a proof-of-vaccination order for restaurant dining.

In conjunction with Restaurant Week, NYC Broadway Week is also being held, with many major musicals and plays offering two-for-one pricing deals on tickets.

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MAHWAH, N.J., January 04, 2022–(Organization WIRE)–Healthcare Vacation & Electronic Health and fitness News (MTDHN), the top bi-regular monthly on the net publication covering the small business of clinical journey and electronic solutions around the world, right now announces its sponsorship of the first “Medical Journey Month” for January 2022, to be provided in the Culture for Health and fitness Treatment Method & Market place Enhancement, American Medical center Association’s “ 2022 Calendar of Wellbeing Observances & Recognition Days.”

“Medical Vacation Month raises consciousness for good quality medical treatment choices further than what is obtainable domestically,” says Laura Carabello, government editor and publisher, MTDHN. “Touring for care, both domestically and internationally, makes it possible for Us residents to obtain significant-quality, reasonably priced health-related care for several treatments and techniques. By elevating consciousness for healthcare tourism, we can reveal to companies and people today the price of accessing care from Facilities of Excellence or other configurations all through the state.”

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[]BURRILLVILLE – The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has announced the date for the anticipated closure of a bridge on Route 102, noting both lanes of the Mohegan Bridge will be closed starting on Friday, Jan. 14.

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[]The bridge, which carries Route 102 over the Branch River in Burrillville has been under construction since spring 2021, with northbound traffic detoured.

[]“Closing the bridge entirely will allow construction to move ahead efficiently and safely with work on the northbound half of the bridge finishing in late spring/early summer 2022 before work begins on the southbound half of the bridge,” noted a release from RIDOT on Tuesday, Jan. 4.

[]During the closure, RIDOT will sign a recommended detour for both northbound and southbound traffic using Douglas Turnpike, Victory Highway and East Avenue. A detour map is available at www.ridot.net/detourmaps. Temporary traffic signals will be put in place along the detour route to assist motorists.

[]In addition to replacing the bridge, the $10.6 million contract includes resurfacing Route 102 at the bridge and its approaches, including its intersection with Route 7. New guardrail, signing, striping and drainage improvements will also be installed. The bridge carries about 15,200 vehicles per day and the project is expected to be done in spring 2023.

[]RIDOT noted that all construction projects are subject to changes in schedule and scope depending on needs, circumstances, findings, and weather.

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“Portal” is a new sneaker and streetwear store that recently opened in the Shops at Mohegan Sun.

MONTVILLE, Conn. — Nikes, Air Jordans, Yeezys, and plenty of Pumas; “Portal” is a new sneaker and streetwear store that opened in the Shops at Mohegan Sun just one month ago.

For owner and founder Chris Blomstedt, Portal is a gateway to a passion shared by many – the love of collectible shoes.

“We are all about celebrating all the achievements within the sneaker and streetwear space over the past couple of decades,” said Blomstedt, from Ledyard.

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While some shoe prices hover from $100 to the $150 range, the hard-to-find low and high tops fetch top dollar, with no shortage of tags in the $300 and $400 dollar range. Blomstedt has a coveted pair of Yeezys on display (locked behind glass) that he estimated a price tag of $10,000. But, for now, they’re only on display.

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Blomstedt said the Christmas season was a busy one for the team at Portal, and now that January has arrived and the omicron variant of COVID-19 has created more issues for businesses, he hopes that people are willing to come out and support small shops like his.

“We are just trying to blend the legacy products as well as the more trendy items,” Blomstedt said, and later added, “We want to share our passion with as many people as possible.” 

Portal is open seven days a week at the Shops at Mohegan Sun. To learn more go to portalonline.store or on Instagram @portal.ig

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