Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!pad-thai.aktis.com!pad-thai.aktis.com!not-for-mail From: jacobs@cells.cs.utah.edu (Steven R Jacobs) Newsgroups: rec.gambling,news.answers,news.answers Subject: rec.gambling Changes to Frequently Asked Questions Supersedes: Followup-To: rec.gambling Date: 27 Aug 1993 00:00:32 -0400 Organization: Risks R Us (Presto!) Lines: 49 Sender: faqserv@GZA.COM Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: 1 Oct 1993 04:00:08 GMT Message-ID: Reply-To: jacobs@cs.utah.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: pad-thai.aktis.com X-Last-Updated: 1993/08/16 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.gambling:17709 news.answers:11833 Archive-name: gambling-faq/diff Note: This "diff" file has been edited and is not intended for use by any automatic update software. 766,767c764,765 < 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. > > 2233c2259 < with a progressive jackpot that is larger that about 1750 maximum bets. --- > with a progressive jackpot that is larger than about 1750 maximum bets. 2237c2263 < 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