East Windsor has been chosen as the preferred location for a controversial ‘satellite’ casino project to be built, pending approval, by the Mashantucket and Mohegan tribes near the border with Massachusetts.

The town, which was 1 of 2 shortlisted, accepted the regards to a development agreement with the tribes, understood collectively as MMCT Ventures, on when its Board of Selectmen 4 to 0 in favor of the proposal saturday.

This gave East Windsor a huge advantage over its competitor, nearby Windsor Locks, which needed a town-wide referendum regarding the issue.

Early authorities in Windsor Locks announced they believed they were still in the running and planned to hold a meeting aimed at accelerating a referendum on Tuesday monday.

Hours later on, the tribes made their decision.

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The positioning is critical. Both towns are situated roughly 15 miles from Springfield, Massachusetts, where MGM Resorts is building its $950 million casino resort, scheduled to open in 2018. The joint venture that is tribal been proposed entirely to blunt the competitive threat the MGM would pose to Connecticut’s casino sector.

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Crown Resorts executive Jason O’Connor is rumored to have held it’s place in Asia last fall to collect on VIP gambling debts incurred by patrons whom participated in the Australian gaming company’s junket schemes.

That’s in accordance with a report that is new ‘Four Corners,’ a journalism television show that airs in Australia. The system talked to experts on Macau gambling having said that they believe O’Connor was sent by Crown to negotiate money owed towards the business by wealthy Chinese residents.

Andrew Scott, the CEO of Asian Gambling magazine, said, ‘It’s widely being said he had been there to collect a relative type of credit. You don’t send a senior professional unless there’s an actual reason for him to be there.’

O’Connor headed Crown Resorts’ VIP program, and was accountable for bringing high rollers from Asian countries to Australia.