Ticker: Connecticut OKs regs for sports betting; Google delays return to office

With the NFL regular season kicking off Sept. 9, the state of Connecticut took a major step closer Tuesday toward legalized sports wagering after a legislative committee approved emergency regulations for the new gambling market.

Connecticut now awaits the U.S. Department of the Interior’s expected approval of changes to agreements between the state and its two federally recognized tribal nations, the Mashantucket Pequots and Mohegans, who play major roles in the state’s gambling expansion plan. Other steps, including codifying the Department of Interior’s decision in the Federal Register and approving licenses, still need to be completed before bets can be placed.

“We expect action from the federal Department of Interior in the next two weeks on the compact amendments submitted in late July,” said Rodney Butler, the Mashantucket Pequots’ tribal chairman.

Google delays return to office to 2022  

Google is once again postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-January, in addition to requiring all employees to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses are reopened.

The highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus is driving a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases, leading companies to delay or scrap return-to-office plans after nearly two years of working from home.

CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post Tuesday that Google is delaying its global return to offices until Jan. 10. After that, he said the company will let countries and locations determine when to end voluntary work-from-home policies “based on local conditions, which vary greatly across our offices.”

from Boston Herald https://ift.tt/3t0XpsT