Mohegan Sun guests hit three jackpots in just one week

Uncasville, CT – August 28, 2025 – Luck struck in spectacular fashion at Mohegan Sun last week, where guests hit three major jackpots in just seven days. The highlight came on August 23, when a guest playing the Buffalo Diamond slot machine with a $4 spin landed an extraordinary payout of $519,009.

The string of wins underscores Mohegan Sun’s reputation as a premier gaming destination in the Northeast. Large payouts not only generate excitement among regulars but also serve as a powerful draw for new visitors eager to try their luck. With its extensive gaming floor, top-tier amenities, and a history of headline-making jackpots, Mohegan Sun continues to stand out in the competitive casino market.

The wave of recent wins also reflects the strong performance of the property’s slot portfolio, as casinos nationwide lean into high-engagement games to keep energy levels high on the floor. Guests and staff alike are celebrating this unique streak of good fortune, reinforcing the casino’s image as a hotspot for thrilling, life-changing moments.

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The Farm Italy to open at Mohegan Sun

A new era of Italian dining is set to unfold at Mohegan Sun as Ballo Italian Restaurant, the renowned culinary destination located in Casino of the Earth, undergoes a remarkable transformation. Continuing under the visionary leadership of restaurateur John Tunney and his esteemed culinary, design and operations team, Ballo Italian Restaurant will be reimagined as The Farm Italy—OpenTable's Top 100 Restaurants in the U.S.

While the impressive architecture of Ballo Italian Restaurant remains, The Farm Italy Mohegan Sun will experience a stunning transformation—one that transports guests to the rustic elegance of an Italian countryside estate. With inspired décor, striking artwork, breathtaking lighting, and an elevated menu that celebrates Italy's finest flavors, the experience is poised to be nothing short of extraordinary.

"Transforming Ballo Italian Restaurant into The Farm Italy Mohegan Sun is more than just a name change—it's the evolution of our passion for Italian cuisine and hospitality," says owner John Tunney. “We’re bringing the heart and soul of The Farm Italy—handcrafted food, stunning design, and warm, welcoming energy—into a space that’s already meant so much to our guests. I couldn’t be more excited for this next chapter, and to share an even more inspired dining experience with the Mohegan Sun community.”

Hailing from New York, The Farm Italy is part of the esteemed restaurant group behind Ballo Italian Restaurant, The Shed Restaurants, and Besimo Mexican Restaurants. Known for its unwavering commitment to seasonal freshness and the artistry of Italian cuisine, The Farm Italy has become one of the most sought-after dining destinations in New York. Now, with its highly anticipated expansion to Mohegan Sun, guests will have the opportunity to indulge in the magic of this coveted reservation.

“What will make Farm Italy Mohegan Sun truly special is its ability to bring forward the flavors of Ballo Italian Restaurant while reimagining and refreshing the venue, and introducing incredible new seasonal dishes as well,” said Jeff Hamilton, President & GM of Mohegan Sun. “We are committed to offering exceptional dining throughout our entertainment destination, and our long and successful partnership with John Tunney is a key part of that reinvigorated strategy. We are thrilled to unveil The Farm Italy Mohegan Sun shortly after Memorial Day Weekend!”

At the heart of The Farm Italy's menu is a dedication to authentic, house-made dishes crafted from the freshest ingredients. Guests can begin their meal with signature house-baked bread, served warm, drizzled with premium extra virgin olive oil, and topped with a fragrant blend of herbs and flaky sea salt.

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Thanksgiving dining specials at Mohegan Sun

It’s that time of the year again; Thanksgiving arrives on Thursday, 23 November and so do the mouthwatering dining specials at Mohegan Sun. Guests can enjoy a special meal on Thanksgiving at Michael Jordan’s Steak House, TAO Asian Bistro & Lounge, Todd English’s Tuscany and more. Additionally, Mohegan Sun will be offering Black Friday and Cyber Monday Hotel Flash Sales where guests can secure up to 50% off their stay.

TAO Asian Bistro & Lounge will serve dinner from 4:30pm – 9:00pm and will feature Roasted Duck Dumplings made with Szechuan garlic gravy, spiced fig and plum chutney for $25.

Over at Todd English’s Tuscany, guests can enjoy a special Thanksgiving prix fixe menu for $50. For the first course, guests will enjoy wood-roasted pear and gorgonzola salad, candied walnuts, pomegranate reduction, arugula and balsamic vinaigrette. The main course features sage-brined turkey, sausage potato stuffing, roasted root vegetables, a sweet potato topped with pecan crumble, and bacon Dijon Brussels. Last but not least, pecan bread pudding with vanilla gelato will be the featured dessert.

From 4:00pm – 9:00pm on Thanksgiving Day and Noon – 9:00pm on Sunday, 26 November, BALLO Italian Restaurant will feature a Beef Tartare appetizer for $24 which consists of hand-cut filet mignon, lemon, garlic, fresh-shaved black truffle and Parmesan-Reggiano crisp. Baked Clams Oreganata ($18) will also be offered as an appetizer and is made with Littleneck clams, lemon, garlic, oregano herb butter and toasted breadcrumbs. For an entrée, guests can enjoy Pappardelle and Confit Duck Ragu served with cremini mushrooms, roasted garlic and gorgonzola brûlée figs for $45.

Michael Jordan’s Steak House is set to be open from 3:00pm – 8:00pm and will offer a special three-course meal for guests to indulge in. Squash Empanadas, consisting of Kabocha squash, goat cheese and cilantro-mint sauce, will be the featured appetizer for $15. For the main course, guests can enjoy a Classic Turkey Dinner for $34 which includes slow-roasted turkey, haricot verts, stuffing, gravy, red bliss mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. For dessert, Apple Crisp will be served with maple bourbon ice cream for $14. Right next door, MJ23 Sports Bar & Grill will be open from Noon to 8:00pm and will also feature the Classic Turkey Dinner for $34. Before the turkey dinner, guests can enjoy Cauliflower Cheddar Soup served with aged cheddar croutons for $12. To finish off a great meal, MJ23 Sports Bar & Grill will offer Pumpkin Chocolate Pie for $14 which is made with milk chocolate ganache and cocoa crust.

Guests can head over to The Lansdowne Irish Pub & Music House to enjoy a special three-course Thanksgiving meal. To start, guests will indulge in Turkey Sliders consisting of house roasted turkey breast, cheddar cheese and horseradish cranberry sauce on a brioche bun for $15. The featured main course will be a Roasted Turkey Dinner served with house roasted turkey breast, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, sauteed peas, green beans, cauliflower and apple stuffing for $32. To finish, The Lansdowne Irish Pub & Music House will feature a specialty dessert for $12.

Available for a limited time at Frank Pepe’s Napolitano Pizzeria, guests can celebrate Thanksgiving with the hearty Patata Rustica, a brand-new pizza creation that debuts as this fall’s seasonal special at Frank Pepe’s. The Patata Rustica combines the rich flavors of whole-milk mozzarella cheese, seasoned potatoes, savory bacon, asiago cheese, a sprinkle of grated Pecorino Romano and a drizzle of olive oil, all on Frank Pepe’s iconic dough.

From Friday, 24 November through Monday, 27 November, Mohegan Sun will roll out the Black Friday Hotel Flash Sale, which will give guests an opportunity to receive 25% off a one-night stay or 40% off a two-night stay, redeemable through Wednesday, 31 January. Additionally, from Monday, November 27th through Wednesday, 6 December, Mohegan Sun will offer a Cyber Monday Hotel Flash Sale where guests can save up to 40% off when booking a stay in January and February and 50% off for stay dates in March and April. Blackout dates will apply. In order to receive both of these offers, guests must be subscribed to Mohegan Sun’s email list.

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Mohegan Sun ready to welcome in 2022

Mohegan Sun is inviting guests to welcome in 2022 in style, as the Uncas Ballroom rolls out the “Party into the New Year,” celebration from 10:30pm – 1:00am, equipped with an open bar, DJ V Tech setting the tone for the dance floor, a Midnight champagne toast and a breakfast buffet! Both the award-winning Mohegan Sun Arena and Wolf Den will also feature can’t-miss NYE performances. Leading up to this spectacular night, Mohegan Sun is also once again in the full holiday spirit, featuring Chef Lynn’s life-size Gingerbread House, the Free Winter Wonderland & Santa’s Workshop Escape Room and an all-new simplified way to send Mohegan Sun gift cards to loved ones.

Tickets for the 21+ Party into the New Year celebration inside Uncas Ballroom on Friday, December 31st are $125.00 in advance and $150.00 for day-of purchases. Advance tickets are available now through December 30th via Ticketmaster and at the Mohegan Sun Box Office. This NYE bash will bring electrifying music and an all-around good time, with music provided by DJ V Tech, based out of Las Vegas. Night-of event tickets will be available and club-style attire is required.

Available through mohegansun.com, launched this holiday season is the first-ever digital Mohegan Sun gift card. Powered by eGIFTIFY, these new online gift-cards can be purchased directly via mohegansun.com/giftcards and used towards shopping, dining, entertainment, Mohegan Sun’s world-class hotel, Mandara Spa, Mohegan Sun Golf Club, Mohegan Sun’s Mobil Gas Station and more. Digital gift cards are able to be sent to recipients by email, SMS, Facebook or by printing off a copy. Traditional gift cards are also available at Mohegan Sun (and online) this holiday season and throughout the year. Gift cards cannot be used towards gaming. More information is available by calling 1.888.MOHEGAN

The Beach Boys: Holiday Harmonies also takes center stage this New Year’s Eve at Mohegan Sun. Fans can close out the year right with Mike Love and The Beach Boys as they celebrate the season with a mix of holiday classics from the band’s Christmas album and more. Join the iconic band for a show to remember at 8:00pm on December 31st at Mohegan Sun Arena. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and the Mohegan Sun Box Office.

The famous Boogie Wonder Band also returns to the Wolf Den for another NYE performance, taking fans back in time to the 70s & 80s. This 10-piece band will play Funk grooves and Disco-strutting jams in the Wolf Den, for two free shows at 8:00pm and 11:00pm on Friday, December 31st. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis and guests may line up no sooner than three hours before the show. Guests must be 21 years of age or older to enter the Wolf Den.

Now through January 9th, Mohegan Sun guests can travel through the Free Winter Wonderland & Santa’s Workshop Escape Room, located in The Shops at Mohegan Sun across from Todd English’s Tuscany. To gain entry, a group must have someone 21+ download and sign up for the real money online casino experience through the all-new real money MoheganSunCasino.com apps (Android + iOS), home to hundreds of slots, table games, video poker and more. In the Winter Wonderland Maze, guests will find a Christmas tree farm photo vignette, an ugly holiday sweater vignette, a classic 1950’s living room and a Candy Cane swing scene. Families can save their money on Santa and holiday card photos this year too, as the Free Winter Wonderland at Mohegan Sun offers various holiday vignette photo ops, as well as photos with Santa himself!

Lansdowne Irish Pub & Music House will also be featuring music by DJ Cribb on New Year’s Eve, as well as hosting a champagne toast, party favors and more.

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Mohegan Sun reopens poker room

Mohegan Sun Poker has made its return and will be open daily from 10 a.m. – 2 a.m. With health & safety being the top priority, the Poker Room reopens at under one third of its total tables, will feature a max of seven players at a table at once and will incorporate safety shields for players and dealers. Spectators, as well as food, will not be permitted in the Poker Room, and guests must sanitize hands with easily accessible hand sanitizer before touching cards.

The Mohegan Sun Poker Room temporarily closed down in mid-March 2020, along with Mohegan Sun as a whole, due to the pandemic. Mohegan Sun, after investing more than $1 million in health and safety protocols across property, reopened to the public on 1 June.

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Mohegan Sun announces opening of Golf Academy

The Mohegan Sun Golf Club is thrilled to announce the brand new Mohegan Sun Golf Academy, set to open this weekend and located at the prestigious course in Baltic, Connecticut. Led by PGA Professional, Michel Painchaud, the Academy has been designed for players of all abilities. The Mohegan Sun Golf Academy is the ultimate environment to improve your game while enjoying the comfort and hospitality Mohegan Sun is renowned for.

By combining proven instructional expertise, a personalized training approach and superior technology, Mohegan Sun Golf Academy offers a menu of golf instruction and custom club fitting programs designed to help golfers improve and reach their full potential.

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Mohegan Sun Expo Center to open summer 2018

Leaders of the Mohegan Tribe and Mohegan Sun gathered Thursday afternoon at the flagship property in Connecticut to announce the official plans for The Mohegan Sun Expo Center. Construction is underway with a target opening date of summer 2018. The expansion will span over 240,000 square feet and will be located by the Winter Parking garage and in close proximity to Mohegan Sun's newest hotel, Earth Tower. The New York-based architect firm KPF (Kohn Pedersen Fox) and the construction team out of North Stonington, A/Z Corp, are partners on the project.

The Exposition and Convention Center is expected to attract more corporate and association trade shows, in addition to exhibitions such as Barrett-Jackson and the National Association of Postal Supervisors. It gives Mohegan Sun a great opportunity to also expand current consumer-geared shows, like Terrificon, and bring about tech industry shows, golf shows, musical extravaganzas, home shows, motor sports and hunting and fishing shows. One of the first partnerships announced today by Assistant General Manager, Jeff Hamilton, is with United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI), as he alluded to a full-scale food show already in early planning stages for next year.

Mohegan Tribal Chairman Kevin Brown, speaking at the event, touched on more exciting partnerships to come and further positive impacts that the Expo Center will soon have for southeastern Connecticut.

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Annual NEPA Poker Open returns to Mohegan Sun Pocono

Mohegan Sun Pocono welcomes spring with its annual NEPA Poker Open, a week-long series capped off by the $550 Main Event on Saturday, 29 April.

Bringing back the ultimate poker experience, the NEPA Poker Open will take place in the Mohegan Sun Pocono Poker Room and run from Sunday, 23 April to Saturday, 29 April.

The NEPA Poker Open will feature an action-packed schedule of tournaments, professional players, high quality staff and big prizes. This will be an unforgettable live poker experience.

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Mohegan Sun officially unveils second hotel

Mohegan Sun's 400-room, 242,000 square-foot $139 million Earth Tower, celebrated its grand opening this morning with a special ribbon cutting event. Mohegan Sun President and General Manager, Ray Pineault and Mohegan Tribal Chairman, Kevin Brown "Red Eagle," kicked the ceremony off by thanking all of the men and women who worked diligently over the last year and a half to design and construct a truly beautiful addition to Mohegan Sun's property.

A second hotel at Mohegan Sun's flagship destination was something that both the Mohegan Tribal Council and Mohegan Sun Senior Leadership have long anticipated since putting original plans on hold back in 2008 due the economic downturn. Chairman Brown spoke to those hard decisions as well as the impact that this long awaited second hotel has already had, stating, "For us, this new hotel does represent the ability to have more room nights and stays, right here at the casino and that has already, just in these early days, proven itself out with the demand that has been placed on this new hotel. But it's also important to the state, because it represents the 2,000 jobs as this went through the construction phase and represents 200 permanent jobs, as we extend our team members, into this facility, and keep it up and running."

To help usher in the new hotel and speak to the importance of the strong relationship between Mohegan Sun and the State of Connecticut, additional special guests included Governor Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, Senator Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Joe Courtney.

U.S. State Senator Richard Blumenthal concluded his remarks by stating, "In Washington, when I talk to colleagues about what is happening to the Native American tribes in their state, they look, with reverence and some envy, at what you have done here. It is a great American success story, not just in dollars and cents, not just in spectacular building, or in entertainment and enjoyment that you have brought to countless people, but in the triumph of hope, and vision over obstacles, that would have deterred others."

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Mohegan Sun announces two year renovation project for Sky Tower

As construction progresses on Mohegan Sun's 400-room, $130 million Earth Tower opening in fall 2016, Mohegan Sun announces a two year $50 million renovation project for the Sky Tower – the existing 1,200-room hotel that was introduced in 2002. Part of this initiative includes a multi-million dollar revamp and rebranding of the property's existing spa, combined with a completely new Mandara Spa build out as part of the new Earth Tower. Continuously striving to offer guests the best amenities available, Mohegan Sun has announced the introduction of Victoria's Secret to The Shops at Mohegan Sun, three new dining offerings and exclusive hybrid fusion games.

The Sky Renovation project, estimated at $50 million overall once completed, will encompass standard and junior suite room renovations including new carpeting, wall covers, casework furniture and fabrics. The rooms will also feature a brand new e-tray arrangement in lieu of a mini-bar, refrigerators, as well as an iPad, providing a multitude of services for guests including a compendium, thermostat adjustments, room service ordering and TV control. For guests' convenience, a motion detecting light will be installed under the end tables, and will turn on automatically once guests step out of bed. The hotel corridors and lobby furniture will also be updated as part of the project.

"At Mohegan Sun, we are committed to continuously providing fresh and appealing offerings," says Ray Pineault, President & General Manager of Mohegan Sun. "These enhancements are a few examples of our dedication to evolve and steadily exceed the expectations of our valued guests."

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Casino workers caught in slots scam

PENNSYLVANIA -- The Mohegan Sun Pocono casino was the victim of an inside slots scam that cost the casino $900,000 in losses, Penn Live reported.

Two casino staff conspired to facilitate free slot play for a frequent slots player, the report said.

Collectively they scored $418,793 in winnings from the $478,100 free play, Penn Live said.

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Mohegan Sun wins Casino of the Year at IEBA Awards

Mohegan Sun is proud to announce they have won “2015 Casino Of the Year” at the International Entertainment Buyers Association Honors and Awards Ceremony, that took place Tuesday evening in downtown Nashville’s Omni Hotel and Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum. The awards are voted on by top entertainment executives in the nation including the biggest agencies, artist management groups and other arenas, theatres and clubs throughout the U.S. Mohegan Sun beat out the competition from some of the biggest and most well-known venues in the industry.

“All of our hard work is noticed from all levels around the country. It is a tribute and credit to our entertainment program and I am especially proud of my direct team here at Mohegan Sun,” said Senior VP of Sports & Entertainment for Mohegan Sun properties, Tom Cantone.

“This makes a total of nine industry awards in the last seven years of national recognition for our entertainment brand,” Cantone concluded.

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$7K in chips stolen from Mohegan Sun

A man stole chips and was involved in an altercation Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun, NECN News reported.

The man stole $7,000 in poker chips and escaped in a car, the report said.

Mohegan Tribal Police have requested the public report information to 860-862-7460, according to the NECN report.

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