In October 2021, the first online casinos and sports betting sites went live in the state after a soft launch period. This means that, initially, there will be no more than two online poker rooms in Connecticut. To proceed with the new gaming law, Connecticut needed to secure an agreement with these tribes, granting them exclusive rights over online gambling while allowing the state lottery to offer sports betting alongside lottery draws and keno games.Īs per the law, each tribe can launch one online gaming platform hosting both online casino gaming and poker. The path to regulation was not without challenges, as two Indian tribes, the Mashantucket Pequot (Foxwoods Resort) and Mohegan (Mohegan Sun), held a monopoly on gambling in the state.

On May 27, 2021, Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 6451 into law, making CT the seventh state with legal online poker in the US. After years of deliberation and negotiation, Connecticut has reached a significant milestone in its gaming history, officially embracing regulated online gambling.

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