The Connecticut Legislature's Public Safety Committee is advancing a bill that would allow a tribal casino in East Windsor.
The bill would allow the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes to open a casino at the former Showcase Cinemas site off I-91.
The tribes hope the casino will stop state gamblers from going to an MGM Resorts casino under construction in Springfield.
The committee also approved a bill that would open up the casino process to non-tribal operators.