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Jump to full article: The Day (New London, CT), 2009-05-07
Author: Brian Hallenbeck Day Staff Writer, Gaming
Intro: Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation have agreed on a plan to address smoking at Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods, the parties said Wednesday.
Rell has signed the agreement, and Michael Thomas, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council, is expected to add his signature Thursday, according to Lori Potter, a spokeswoman for the tribe.
Word of the agreement comes as the General Assembly’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee prepares to consider a bill calling for a total ban on smoking at the Foxwoods casinos and Mohegan Sun by Oct. 1, 2011. The Mohegan Tribe, which owns Mohegan Sun, reached a smoking agreement with Rell in January.
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