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NOTE TO MEDIA: A photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2000 On March 1, 2000, Foxwoods Celebrity Host and former Boston Celtic Ernie DiGregorio Ernest (Ernie) DiGregorio (born January 15 1951, in North Providence, Rhode Island) is an American former National Basketball Association player. After playing for the Providence College Friars, DiGregorio was drafted by the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball presented Tom Ostler of Chelsea with $7,777 from Foxwoods Resort Casino Foxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel-casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. It is the largest casino in the world, as measured by floor space for gaming, with 340,000 sq ft (31,587 m²) [1]. The entire resort comprises 4,700,000 sq ft (440,000 m²) of space. at the Boston Celtics game against the Toronto Raptors  The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. . Ostler hit a three-point shot to win $7,777 in the Foxwoods Resort's "Take-A-Shot" contest on January 21st during the Boston Celtics 111-86 win over the Seattle SuperSonics. Ostler was randomly selected through a sweepstakes to attempt the shot. One contestant attempts the Foxwoods shot at every Celtics home game. Unsuccessful participants receive a complimentary dinner and one night stay at the Foxwoods Resort. Entry forms can be found in "Celtics Tonight", the Boston Celtics game-night program or fans can enter the Foxwoods "Take-A-Shot" contest by sending a post card to FOX Sports Net, Attn: "Take-A-Shot," P.O. Box 4501, Woburn, MA 01888. Foxwoods Resort Casino offers gaming in a relaxing atmosphere, live entertainment with headliners from around the world, and fine dining at Mashantucket, the ancestral home of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. Foxwoods is located on Route 2 in Southeastern Connecticut and is easily reached via Interstates 95 and 395. It is a short distance from T.F. Green Airport in Providence, R.I. and Bradley International Airport Coordinates:
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