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- < I invite anyone who goes to Foxwoods to join our group.
- < Just send some Email to: foxwoods-request@aries.East.Sun.COM
- ---
- > I invite anyone who goes to Foxwoods to join our group. Just send some
- > Email to: foxwoods-request@aries.East.Sun.COM
- 768a767,771
- > Foxwoods is located within an Indian reservation in Ledyard, Conn. It is
- > located approx. 15 miles SW of the Rhode Island/Conn border, 15 miles NW
- > of Mystic Conn, 40 miles South of Worcester Mass, and 40 miles NE of
- > Hartford Conn. Foxwoods is located directly on Rt. 2, almost in the
- > middle of I395 and I95 (which run in parallel).
- 769a773,795
- > There is a 200 room hotel on site called the Two Trees Inn. Currently,
- > 50 rooms are open, and the others will be open shortly. They are also
- > building another casino about 1-2 miles "down the road" which will have
- > a major hotel (several hundred rooms), a shopping area, and a second casino.
- > A tram (rail car) is being built to link the two sites together. This
- > project will open in phases, phase one (the second casino) will be open
- > sometime in September.
- >
- > The current casino has 3 restaurants on site, as well as a couple of
- > self service snack-bars.
- >
- > There are only 2 transportation methods available, cars and charter
- > buses. There is no major airport in the area, and no trains. Some
- > local hotels provide free shuttle service. There's valet parking as
- > well as self parking (free).
- >
- > Foxwoods offers almost all casino games, plus a 50+ table poker room.
- > They also have slots, a horse book, keno, and a massive bingo room
- > which holds major events approx every month.
- >
- > For even more info, call them at 800-PLAYBIG.
- >
- >
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- < with a progressive jackpot that is larger that about 1750 maximum bets.
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- > with a progressive jackpot that is larger than about 1750 maximum bets.
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- < increases by about 1% for each addition of 750 maximum bets into the
- ---
- > increases by about 1% for each addition of 350 maximum bets into the
-