Gambling News by Gambling Headquarters

BOSTON A survey finds nearly seven (m) million Massachusetts residents visited Connecticut casinos in the past year. The figures released today by the U-Mass-Dartmouth Center for Policy Analysis are part of a study of New England residents' attitudes toward gambling. It finds that 36 percent of all Foxwoods patrons and 21 percent of all Mohegan Sun visitors are from Massachusetts. Overall, one-in-four Bay State residents say they went to one of the Connecticut casinos in the past year. The survey has a margin of error of six-point-seven percent. The U-Mass researchers released the results of another survey last week that found 57 percent of Massachusetts residents polled would support the authorization of casino gambling in the state.