When legal sports betting debuts next month in Connecticut, it’ll be remarkable for who’s involved.
The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes, they of the casino “duopoly,” won’t have it all to themselves.
The Connecticut Lottery Corp., the quasi-public agency whose contributions to state coffers have exceeded the casinos’ payments of slot-machine revenue in every fiscal year since 2012-13, will be a major player, authorized to operate up to 15 retail sports betting locations around the state as well as an online “skin,” or brand. Earlier this month, lottery officials announced partnerships with a vendor, Rush Street Interactive, and with Sportech, the state’s off-track betting operator.
