Some in Connecticut are watching closely as Massachusetts voters on Tuesday decide whether to keep the state’s casino law in tact. Gian-Carl Casa is a spokesperson for Connecticut’s budget office. He says a casino in Springfield would likely take gamblers in northern Connecticut and Massachusetts away from the two tribal casinos in southeastern Connecticut.

“The more casinos there are in close proximity to one another, the more competition there’s going to be for limited gaming dollars, at the same time as the economy has taken awhile to recover,” says Casa. “People have been more closely watching what it is that they gamble.”

Casa says no matter the outcome of the vote, it will be several years before the impact of casinos in Massachusetts would be felt in Connecticut. Meanwhile, Connecticut’s share of casino revenues have steadily declined since a peak in 2007. That year the state took in $430 million from its casinos. This year, projected revenues are about $280 million.