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Under these federally approved tribal-state agreements, the Connecticut Tribes have directly contributed more than $9.4 billion to the State of Connecticut from their gaming revenues. See Testimony of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Connecticut General Assembly, General Law Committee, International Forum on Gaming at 2 (Jan. 27, 2025), https://www.cga.ct.gov/gl/related/20250127_Informational%20Forum%20on%20Gaming/1.27.2 5%20GL%20info%20forum%20on%20gaming.pdf. Combined, the Connecticut Tribes employ more than 26,000 employees in Connecticut—largely as a result of their successful gaming operations—and generate $999 million in tax revenue and tribal revenue share payments annually. See American Gaming Association, Gaming by the Numbers: Connecticut(Dec. 31, 2024), https://www.americangaming.org/wp- content/uploads/2025/02/Connecticut_Economic.pdf. The Mohegan Tribe’s Mohegan Sun Casino & Resort generated $2.2 billion in the local economy in 2019 alone, with over $255 million in state and local tax revenues and over $82 million directly to the local economy, “including off-site spending at local restaurants, hotels, retailers, and recreation/entertainment venues.” See Oxford Economic, Economic Impact of Selected Mohegan Properties at 7, 14 (Oct. 2022), https://mohegangaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/TE-Mohegan-Impacts-2022- 10-17.pdf. These impacts stand in sharp contrast to the private financial benefit sought by Kalshi. In 2021, the Connecticut Tribes and the State of Connecticut reached a historic agreement to authorize and regulate online sports wagering throughout the State—including on the Connecticut Tribes’ respective reservations. See Agreement Between the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the State of Connecticut (Sep. 10, 2021) (hereinafter “Mashantucket Pequot Agreement”), https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/assets/as-
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