Activities at Foxwoods Casino
- Foxwoods Resort Casino is in Mashantucket, Connecticut, approximately 45 miles southeast of Hartford. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation opened the resort facility in 1985. The property is home to four resort hotels and more than 30 restaurants. Visitors to the casino can find a variety of activities to participate in, including relaxing at the on-site spa and gaming in the resort's casino areas.
- Foxwoods Resort Casino offers six different casinos for visitors to experience. Among the facilities is a 3,600-seat bingo hall that offers games throughout the afternoon and evening, every day. Special event bingo games occur frequently with increased cash or other prizes.
The resort's Foxwoods WPT World Poker Room was the largest poker room in the eastern United States as of October 2010, according to the resort's website. Poker players can find more than 100 tables in the area. Dealers are on-hand 24 hours each day and both Texas hold 'em and Seven Card Stud are available. Both limit and no-limit tables are available.
Slot machine lovers can find more than 7,600 machines throughout the resort. Options range from one cent to $100 machines. Frequent players can join the resort's free Dream Club, which tabulates slot machine spending and gives rewards like free meals and reduced and free hotel rooms at the resort.
Also at the resort are more than 250 other table games, including blackjack and craps. The resort has a live Keno drawing every six minutes, every day. Simulcast horse races are shown daily on the race book's 50-foot screens. - The Norwich Spa is on the ninth floor of the Grand Pequot Tower at Foxwoods. The facility covers 21,000 square feet. Visitors can soak in the whirlpool, relax in one of the steam-room and saunas and swim in the heated pool. A fitness center is also located within the spa and features weights, exercise equipment and fitness classes.
The spa provides a variety of beauty services and other treatments for guests. A signature option is the rain drop ceremony, a massage that uses nine different essential oils, each with its own aromatherapeutic properties. Facials, massages and body wraps are also available. The spa has a full-service salon as well. Reservations are required for beauty services. - The Lake of Isles Golf Course is adjacent to the grounds of the Foxwoods Resort Casino. Covering 900 acres of ground, the club consists two championship golf courses that provide a total 36 holes of golf. The North Course is open to the public daily. Renowned architect Rees Jones designed the course, which opened in May 2005. The course's tees cover more than 7,300 yards in a wooded area overlooking a lake.
The golf course's club house has a restaruant and a golf shop on the premises. Men's and ladies' locker rooms are also available for visitors' convenience. Through the Lake of the Isles golf academy, guests can take a lesson from a PGA or LPGA pro. Youth clinics are also held for older children and teenagers.