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Morning Edition: Expanded Gambling In Connecticut?

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The Connecticut Mirror's Mark Pazniokas looked at how Governor Dannell Malloy is taking a broad look at new ways to bring more gambling revenue into state coffers. Mark Pazniokas joins us now by phone.

From Pazniokas' story:

With competition rising on all sides, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he is working with the Mashantucket Pequots and Mohegans to stabilize their market share -- and Connecticut's 25 percent cut of the gross profits from their slot machines. The governor is pledging a new era of cooperation with the tribes, even if that means taking a look at online wagering. With so much money on the line, Connecticut has to stay in the game. "It is a big issue for us," Malloy recently told The Mirror. "Obviously, we have to be concerned." Read more...

Ray Hardman is Connecticut Public’s Arts and Culture Reporter. He is the host of CPTV’s Emmy-nominated original series Where Art Thou? Listeners to Connecticut Public Radio may know Ray as the local voice of Morning Edition, and later of All Things Considered.

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