The State Lottery was for Education; Native Gaming Slots Revenue was for cities and towns… - Wait, What?

The State Lottery was for Education; Native Gaming Slots Revenue was for cities and towns… - Wait, What?:

The State Lottery was for Education; Native Gaming Slots Revenue was for cities and towns…

by jonpelto

Right…The State Lottery was for Education; Native Gaming Slots Revenue was for cities and towns…And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.

In 1993, the Mashantucket Pequot Nation signed an agreement with Governor Lowell Weicker and the state of Connecticut.

In return for the exclusive rights to have slot machines, Connecticut’s Native American Tribes would donate 25 percent of their gross slots revenue to the state of Connecticut.  It was the most generous Native American Revenue Sharing agreement in the nation.

When the Mohegan Sun was opened a few years later, the program became known as the Mashantucket Pequot/Mohegan Grant.  According to the program description, the fund