Mississippi Business Journal » gambler http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 South’s oldest casino to reopen as Golden Nugget http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/17/souths-oldest-casino-to-reopen-as-golden-nugget/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=souths-oldest-casino-to-reopen-as-golden-nugget http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/17/souths-oldest-casino-to-reopen-as-golden-nugget/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:13:14 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=76744 BILOXI — Although its hotel is still in the middle of a $100 million makeover, the oldest casino in the South will reopen at 1 p.m. Friday with a new look as the Golden Nugget Casino Biloxi. Changes range from new windows and fewer walls to new carpet and new nametags, The Sun Herald reported. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/17/souths-oldest-casino-to-reopen-as-golden-nugget/feed/ 0 With tar balls still common, some question end of oil spill cleanup http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/16/with-tar-balls-still-common-some-question-end-of-oil-spill-cleanup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=with-tar-balls-still-common-some-question-end-of-oil-spill-cleanup http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/16/with-tar-balls-still-common-some-question-end-of-oil-spill-cleanup/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:38:10 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=76717 GULF OF MEXICO — Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn’t difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the company and the government say it isn’t common enough to keep sending out the crews that patrolled the sand for three years in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. Tourist John Henson of Atlanta disagrees, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/16/with-tar-balls-still-common-some-question-end-of-oil-spill-cleanup/feed/ 2 Diamondhead exploring zoning change to allow for casino http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/12/diamondhead-exploring-zoning-change-to-allow-for-casino/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diamondhead-exploring-zoning-change-to-allow-for-casino http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/12/diamondhead-exploring-zoning-change-to-allow-for-casino/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:45:00 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=76446 DIAMONDHEAD — The Diamondhead Planning Commission will hold a meeting later this month to consider a zoning change to allow a casino at the site of the old Harbor House property. City manager Richard Rose tells The Sun Herald the meeting will be on June 26 at City Hall. The planning commission will hear from [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/12/diamondhead-exploring-zoning-change-to-allow-for-casino/feed/ 0 State’s casinos see worst revenue in April since 1998 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/28/states-casinos-see-worst-revenue-in-april-since-1998/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=states-casinos-see-worst-revenue-in-april-since-1998 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/28/states-casinos-see-worst-revenue-in-april-since-1998/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 17:15:13 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=75536 AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi casino revenue kept falling in April, with gamblers losing less than in any other April since 1998. Mississippi Department of Revenue figures show statewide casino revenue fell 6 percent to $176.3 million. » READ MORE: Details on declining casino revenues in April. Year-over-year casino revenue has fallen in every month since [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/28/states-casinos-see-worst-revenue-in-april-since-1998/feed/ 2 Defunct casino to be moved; cost could rise depending on ‘crud’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/15/defunct-casino-to-be-moved-cost-could-rise-depending-on-crud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=defunct-casino-to-be-moved-cost-could-rise-depending-on-crud http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/15/defunct-casino-to-be-moved-cost-could-rise-depending-on-crud/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 11:28:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74772 VICKSBURG — By late August, Vicksburg’s downtown City Front will be without a floating casino for the first time since 1993 if the winning bidder at an auction April 25 for the former Grand Station Casino follows through on a bankruptcy court-ordered sale of the vessel. What happens to the spot beyond late summer is [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/15/defunct-casino-to-be-moved-cost-could-rise-depending-on-crud/feed/ 0 Stockholders approve sale of casino for $869M http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/stockholders-approve-sale-of-casino-for-869m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stockholders-approve-sale-of-casino-for-869m http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/stockholders-approve-sale-of-casino-for-869m/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:38 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74135 VICKSBURG — The sale of Ameristar Casino will mark the second gambling house buyout in Vicksburg in less than a year. The stockholders of Las Vegas-based Ameristar Casinos Inc. last week approved the company’s planned acquisition by Pinnacle Entertainment. The all-cash transaction is estimated to be valued at $869 million. No change to Ameristar’s brand [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/stockholders-approve-sale-of-casino-for-869m/feed/ 0 Developers of proposed new casino miss deadline http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/23/developers-of-proposed-new-casino-miss-deadline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=developers-of-proposed-new-casino-miss-deadline http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/23/developers-of-proposed-new-casino-miss-deadline/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:28:57 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73754 GULFPORT — A development company that had wanted to build a $112 million casino at the Gulfport Harbor but has been unable to obtain financing will have to return to the Mississippi Gaming Commission for new approval if it wants to go ahead with the project. The Sun Herald reports a time limit on permission [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/23/developers-of-proposed-new-casino-miss-deadline/feed/ 0 Trustee to auction off closed casino, some inventory http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/09/trustee-to-auction-off-closed-casino-some-inventory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trustee-to-auction-off-closed-casino-some-inventory http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/09/trustee-to-auction-off-closed-casino-some-inventory/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:28:56 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72946 VICKSBURG — The trustee in the bankruptcy liquidation case of a closed Vicksburg casino boat will auction off the vessel and some its inventory on April 25. The Vicksburg Post reports a court hearing for creditors of the former Grand Station Casino will be heard again May 3. In March, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Neil P. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/09/trustee-to-auction-off-closed-casino-some-inventory/feed/ 0 One casino adding revenue while the other spruces up http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/08/one-casino-adding-revenue-while-the-other-spruces-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-casino-adding-revenue-while-the-other-spruces-up http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/08/one-casino-adding-revenue-while-the-other-spruces-up/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:58:35 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72876 NATCHEZ — Three months after Natchez’s second casino began play, gaming revenue is up in the city, but insiders warn it’s too early to bet on the increase holding or folding. Natchez gaming revenues for December, January and February increased over the same months last year. The Natchez Democrat reports figures from the Natchez City [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/08/one-casino-adding-revenue-while-the-other-spruces-up/feed/ 0 City, new casino get off to bumpy start over signage http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/04/city-new-casino-get-off-to-bumpy-start-over-signage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-new-casino-get-off-to-bumpy-start-over-signage http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/04/city-new-casino-get-off-to-bumpy-start-over-signage/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:40:49 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70822 NATCHEZ — The president of a casino in Natchez said he plans to meet with Mayor Butch Brown about banners advertising the casino. The Natchez Democrat reports the city took down banners directing customers to the Magnolia Bluffs Casino at the bottom of Roth Hill in Natchez last Friday. But the casino soon replaced them. [...]

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