Could The Legal Gambling Age In Connecticut Be Lowered?

Talks have begun in Connecticut to drop the state's legal gambling age.

Talks are underway to discuss lowering the legal gambling age in Connecticut, reports the Hartford Courant.

State legislators and Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, owners of Connecticut's Foxwoods Resort Casino, are considering whether to drop the legal gambling age in the state from 21 to 18, as well as extending licensing hours for alcohol sales.

The move would bring Connecticut in line with neighbouring states New York and Rhode Island, where the gambling age has already been reduced to 18. In most other US states casino gamblers need to be 21 or over, the newspaper explains.

Lowering the gambling age could also increase revenue for casinos in Connecticut and improve the relationship between the state and the Pequot tribe, it adds.

April 2010 saw Foxwood's slot revenue drop nine per cent from last year's figures to around $52.3 million (£36.2 million).

Started in 1986, the Foxwood complex now consists of six casinos offering consumers over 6,200 slot machines and 17 different types of games on 380 tables.