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Foxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut on the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation. A complex of six casinos, the resort covers an area of . The casinos have more than 380 gaming tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and poker and have more than 6,300 slot machines. There are several restaurants within the casinos, among them a Hard Rock Cafe. Foxwoods has 2,266 hotel rooms and a two-story arcade for children and teens. It is now the second largest casino in the United States at approximately of gaming space, behind WinStar World Casino in Oklahoma. The economic recession that began in 2007 took a heavy toll of receipts, and by 2012 both Foxwoods and its nearby rival the Mohegan Sun were deeply in debt.〔Associated Press, "Indian casinos struggle to get out from under debt," (January 21, 2012 online )〕 The '' New York Times'' said "Foxwoods is fighting for its life" with debts of $2.3 billion.〔Michael Sokolove, ("Foxwoods is fighting for its life." ''New York Times Magazine'' (2012) )〕 ==History== (詳細はLim Goh Tong, a Chinese Malaysian who founded the only legal casino in Malaysia. Lim died in October 2007. In 1992, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, the casino's owner, added table games, followed by additional slot machines in 1993. G. Michael Brown became the chairman of the casino in 1993. The casino agreed to pay 25 percent of their slot revenue to the state of Connecticut, a sum that amounts to almost $200 million per year . In the fiscal year ending June 2008, Foxwoods' 6,300 slots handled more than $9.1 billion. A poker room and a high-limit 30-table game area were added in 1995. Foxwoods is not a smoke-free casino, but due to recent complaints from patrons and employees has designated many common areas such as hallways, walkways, hotel lobbies, retail stores and most restaurants as non smoking areas and has assigned designated areas for smokers. The poker room is non smoking and there are also separate table gaming and slot areas designated as non smoking. The casino was completed in 1996. In 1997, the deluxe Grand Pequot Tower was opened for business. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foxwoods Resort Casino」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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