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Four months after a Connecticut casino launched a suit to reclaim $1 million in gambling debts from Eugene Melnyk, it seems the Ottawa Senators owner is digging in for a lengthy battle.

This much can be gleaned from recent filings in the superior court of New London, Connecticut, the venue for this rather unusual litigation.

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Melnyk late last month denied the vast majority of 55 assertions made by Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority — which operates the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. The casino responded Tuesday with some caustic observations of its own.

The items in dispute include some very basic sets of fact.

For instance, the casino described Melnyk in a September filing as “approximately five feet ten inches tall, weighing “approximately 190 pounds.” Late last month Melnyk took issue with these descriptions and formally “denied” them “except to admit that (he) was five feet nine inches tall and weighed approximately 185 pounds.”