Mississippi orders casinos to close amid virus concerns
All of Mississippi’s state-regulated casinos were ordered to close by midnight Monday to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.
Third casino in Mississippi’s Tunica County to close
A casino company announced Tuesday that it’s closing a gambling hall in Mississippi’s Tunica County, the third casino to close in the area since 2014 in the face of increasing competition and declining revenues.
Indian casinos across US wary of betting on sports books
Two dozen large-screen TVs showing football and other sports line the walls. There’s beer on tap, bar top seating and leather chairs. Chicken wings are on the menu. And at this American Indian casino in the heart of college-football mad Mississippi, you can legally bet on the games.
Mississippi casinos win more in second month of legal sports betting
Casino revenue rose sharply again in Mississippi in September in the state’s second month of legal sports betting.
Mississippi casino revenue rises as sports betting begins
Overall casino revenue rose sharply in Mississippi in August with the start of sports betting in the state.
Mississippi: $9.8M wagered on sports in first month
Mississippi officials say gamblers bet $9.8 million on sporting events from Aug. 1 through Labor Day.
Mississippi gambling regulators approve sports betting rules
Mississippi’s state-regulated casinos could begin taking sports bets as soon as late July, after gambling regulators on Thursday approved rules regulating sports betting.
Mississippi regulators could approve sports betting rules
Mississippi gambling regulators are set to vote Thursday on whether to approve final rules allowing sports betting, clearing the way for sports books to open in the state’s 28 casinos in July.
3 Mississippi Choctaw casinos plan to offer sports betting
Three casinos run by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will offer sports betting, but tribal leaders haven’t said when it will start.
Mississippi proposes rules to govern legal sports betting
Mississippi’s sprint toward legalized sports betting has begun.
The state Gaming Commission on Thursday proposed rules to govern sports books at Mississippi’s 28 licensed casinos.
Sports betting ruling has ripples for US tribes with casinos
American Indian tribes are welcoming an opportunity to offer sports betting in potentially hundreds of casinos across the country after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to legalize it.
Froma Harrop: Casino fantasies
The video for the Bruce Springsteen song “Atlantic City” opens with a scene of the grand Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel imploding into a pile of dust. That was almost 40 years ago. The Traymore Hotel and other grand hotels were leveled in much the same spectacular fashion.
State confirms two cases of TB
State health regulators confirm they’re investigating two cases of tuberculosis affecting two casinos in Tunica County.