The debate over the legality of the $300M Connecticut casino project heats up as legislators remain divided on whether the Mohegan-Foxwoods consortium can construct a casino outside federally recognized tribal land.

It was a debate that MGM Resorts International started as it challenged the operators of the state’s two tribal casinos – Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino – to build a commercial casino off tribal lands near the Massachusetts border.

Apparently, the debate has already reached the Senate with Sen. Timothy D. Larson, D-East Hartford, committee co-chairman, saying that the issue will be voted upon by the legislature’s Public Safety and Security Committee, which oversees gaming.

“I frankly have no position on where it should end up,” Larson, whose hometown had offered property for a casino but was not named a finalist, said, according to Hartford Business Journal.