Foxwoods Resort Casino
Foxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel-casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. Foxwoods is currently the largest resort casino in the world, with 4.7 million square feet (440,000 m²) of space. The casino has over 350 gaming tables including blackjack, craps, roulette, and poker. There are almost 6500 slot machines there as well as a bingo room, keno, several restaurants, and 1416 hotel rooms .
History
Foxwoods was founded in 1986 as a bingo hall by the Mashantucket Pequot Nation of Native Americans. In 1992 the Pequots added table games, followed shortly by slot machines in 1993. The casino agreed to pay 25% of their slot revenue to the state of Connecticut, a sum that now amounts to almost $200 million each year .
Gaming
Blackjack
Blackjack at Foxwoods is played with 6 or 8-deck shoes. Some tables shuffle manually and some tables use a continuous shuffling machine. The rules are similar to Las Vegas: The dealer hits until soft 17, late surrender, double down on any card, split to 4 hands . Some players may be discouraged by the table minimums: On weekends, the minimum bet at blackjack tables is likely $25.
Craps
Foxwoods is one of a growing number of casinos offering 3-4-5 times odds. On points of 6 or 8, players are allowed to make an odds bet equal to 5 times their pass/don't pass bet. Points of 5 or 9 allow a 4 times odds bet, and points of 4 or 10 allow a 3 times odds bet. A side effect of this rule is if the player takes the maximum odds (it's in your best interest) the odds payout is always 6 times the pass line bet.
Table minimums are usually $5 to $10.
Roulette
Slots
Slot machines at Foxwoods payout roughly 91% of the money that is bet. In the fiscal year ending June 2003, Foxwoods' slots handled over $9.5 billion.
Poker room
Foxwoods deals several poker games including Limit Texas hold 'em, No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha hold 'em (High and High/Low), and Seven-card stud. There are also weekly poker tournaments and World Poker Tour events. The poker room currently has 56 tables.
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