The casinos have more than 250 gaming tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and poker, and have more than 5,500 slot machines.

[3] In 2015, a retail complex, known as Tanger Outlet Mall, opened between the two hotel towers with 85 stores featuring luxury goods.

[4] The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe gained federal recognition and legal control of their reservation by an act of Congress in 1983, which overrode a veto by President Ronald Reagan.

Because Foxwoods is located on sovereign Mashantucket Pequot land, it is not required to comply with state laws related to smoking.

[citation needed] Shortly before the market recession of 2008, Foxwoods borrowed heavily to finance a massive expansion to include new hotel and conference facilities.

[15] The Mashantucket Pequot, owners of Foxwoods, have applied for and received millions of dollars in federal grants.

[16] Over time, the casino management achieved full build-out of the resort by hiring several design and construction entities.

The tribe renamed the building The Fox Tower, part of a re-branding effort as they face new competition from other casinos in the region.

The UAW announced in September 2007 that it had collected the requisite number of signatures needed to hold an election to determine whether table games and poker dealers desired union representation or not.

The Tribe challenged the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board for their on-reservation Native American enterprises.

After the workers won the right to unionize, Foxwoods Casino appealed the election results, reasserting its jurisdictional challenge.

[31] An NLRB Administrative Law Judge ruled that the union and the board provided ample explanation of the election in a variety of languages.

Workers and union organizers pushed for legislation to ban smoking on the casino floors of Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun.

[32] On January 26, 2010, dealers at Foxwoods reached a labor contract with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe.