A Connecticut casino has announced multi-million dollar expansion plans as it seeks to cement its place as one of the most lavish casino resorts in America.

Mohegan Sun, founded in 1996 by the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, already features over 300,000 square feet of gaming space and a 1,200 room hotel, and has now announced $740 million worth of further improvements.

A new 1,000 room hotel will be added, along with an extra casino and more shopping facilities, as the resort seeks to maintain its appeal to gamblers in the face of nearby Foxwoods, ongoing Atlantic City expansion and new state regulation allowing casinos to spring up across the country.

Further news sees poker being brought back to the casino floor, Mohegan Sun not having offered the game during the last few years of the online poker boom.

Last year the resort reported revenues of $1.4 billion from its gaming, hotel and shopping establishments.

Mohegan Sun also intends to team up with the House of Blues restaurant and music-hall establishments in an effort to appeal to younger gaming enthusiasts.

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