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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/31/interest-spikes-in-new-coast-casinos/#comment-20243 JR Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:31:27 +0000 http://msbusiness.com/?p=21633#comment-20243 Lets face it I have never spent an amount of that nature at a casino.Casinos reach out to people from out of state because they realize they have lost there luster and appeal to the people in state.The promise to have looser slots and free this and free that does seem appealing for awhile to residents of the gulf coast and residents of Ms. and probably all over the U.S.But you can only promise this stuff for so long and people who go periodically,dare I say religiously, and for those who go every once in awhile wether it be people in or out of state start to realize the money they spend trying to build up these reward points just so they can get a free meal or a free room or something free realize it was foolish and stops becoming fun to them.I am not bashing casinos,though it may sound that way,I am not.I think the casinos do help the gulfcoast economy,schools,and as well as those few who have seen a struggle in life and hit it big..I just think if they worked a little bit different on gaining Ms.residents as well a promoting special offers for more Mississippians they would see a tremendous difference in revinue.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/31/interest-spikes-in-new-coast-casinos/#comment-20236 JR Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:50:54 +0000 http://msbusiness.com/?p=21633#comment-20236 I just don’t see it,casinos are starting to loose there luster and appeal,sure people from out of state love to visit them,maybe its because they are different from other casinos,as all casinos have something that really set them apart from the next.I can remember I could not hardly stand waiting to turn of age so I could go to the gulf coast casinos,not to win it big,mind you,that would be foolish and lets face it your odds are the same as winning the lottery,slim to none.The changes brought on by Katrina and recent economic harships do to Katrina have resulted in the casinos to rely on visitors out of state .Do not get me wrong there is nothing wrong with that,but what do they offer these people out of state.Well they offer them great rates on rooms,or free rooms.They offer them great deals on meals,if not free meals.They offer them so many little perks with a bit of southern hospitality and it sounds so appealing.Well hospitality should start at home here in Mississippi.Why do casinos not offer these same perks to the Ms. residents?Could it be that do to the economic hardship brought on by Katrina,the government?Who knows?In the 10 years I have been going to the casinos and I mean all of them,which I have players cards for,I have never recieved anything that made it worth while going to them.Not so much a thank you for being a card carrying club member.Maybe its because I don’t go everday or every weekend.Maybe its because I don’t spend a grand or more every time I go.

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