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Foxwoods Resort & Casino
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Home of the
Foxwoods® Resort
Casino, the world's largest single casino, the town is located next to North
Stonington, just off of US Route
95. The
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe owns and operates the casino. You can learn about
their history at the
Mashantucket
Pequot Museum and Research Center. It contains actual dioramas and exhibits of
early eastern woodland and Mashantucket Pequot life that tell so much more than
words can say. Read Alice Nash's (teacher of Native American
history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.) comments on
the Museum in Common-Place.
With its six new casinos, Foxwoods offers more than 7,000 slot and video poker machines, 350 table games, and the world's largest bingo hall. The three hotels offer 1,400 luxurious rooms and deluxe suites. There are over 30 restaurants. Check out the entertainment schedule to see current attractions. There are also nightclubs, spas, and shops available for your enjoyment. They also offer discounts for Wampum Rewards cards holders at local area businesses and attractions, including Ocean Beach in New London. You can play golf in a natural wooded setting near the casino at Foxwoods Golf and Country Club at Boulder Hills or the new Lake of Isles course which Golf Digest and GOLF Magazine called "One of the Best New Upscale Public Courses". Read Kim Isaac Eisler description of the
founding of Foxwoods: Revenge
of the Pequots: How a Small Native American Tribe Created the
World's Most Profitable Casino. "In this well-paced
legal and political saga, journalist Eisler (A Shark Tank; A Justice
for All) recounts the deft maneuvering by Connecticut's tiny Pequot
tribe in its fight to establish Foxwoods, now the most profitable
high-stakes casino in the world.: From Publisher's Weekly Read more about the Pequot Tribe. Other Resorts and Casinos The Mohegan Sun Casino is located 15
minutes from Foxwoods in Uncasville,
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