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Full House Resorts Incorporated unveils Chamonix Casino Hotel plans

March 24, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, New Hotels, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Employment & Careers, Colorado, Mississippi

American casino operator Full House Resorts Incorporated has announced that the 300-room venue it is building in the small Colorado community of Cripple Creek is destined to open by the end of next year as the ...

Broadwater beach site in Biloxi, Mississippi to be home to new $1.2 billion hotel casino

K Morrison

October 15, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino News, New Hotels, Gaming Industry News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Mississippi

Biloxi, Mississippi will be one of three sites to launch the first "music-based experiential" hotel property, according to a recent announcement from American global music corporation, Universal Music Group, an...

South Mississippi Casinos close as Hurricane Sally approaches

Sadonna Price

September 16, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mississippi

After just reopening in May due to the coronavirus closure, the casinos located in South Mississippi have been forced to shut down again. Hurricane Sally is heading towards the coastline and to keep employees a...

Twin River Worldwide Holdings Incorporated grows its casino portfolio

Adam Morgan

July 3, 2020

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Mississippi, Missouri

American casino operator Twin River Worldwide Holdings Incorporated has announced that its estate now encompasses nine venues following the official acquisition of a brace of riverboat properties from compatrio...

Developer pitches new $1.1bn casino resort project in Biloxi

Sadonna Price

June 12, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Mississippi

This coming Tuesday, the Biloxi City Council will be hearing a plan to create a $1.1 billion casino resort at the former site of the Broadwater Beach Resort. Developers are hoping the Council will approve the p...

Kiss frontman promoting plan to bring a new casino resort to Biloxi

Adam Morgan

March 2, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Mississippi

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The frontman for iconic American rock band Kiss, Paul Stanley (pictured), will reportedly be in the southern Mississippi city of Biloxi late next week in order to help promote a plan that could soon see the sit...

Mississippi Lottery launches Mega Millions and PowerBall games

Adam Morgan

February 8, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Lottery, The Players Lounge, Mississippi

Lottery aficionados in Mississippi now have the chance to win even more lucrative cash prizes courtesy of the southern American state’s launch of access to the multi-jurisdictional PowerBall and Mega Millions g...

Biloxi Nugget plans “Under the Sea” themed bash for New Year’s Eve

K Morrison

December 30, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Mississippi

Party mode is about to be in full effect on the Gulf Coast as the Golden Nugget Biloxi prepares for what promises to be a night to remember. Casinos all over the nation are busy planning year-end celebration...

Biloxi House plan receives initial Mississippi Gaming Commission approval

Adam Morgan

June 21, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino News, New Hotels, Casino project updates, Mississippi

The plan to transform the shuttered Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant in Mississippi into the new Biloxi House casino resort reportedly took a huge step forward earlier this week by being granted site approv...

MGM Resorts International announces plan for major job cuts by summer

Sadonna Price

May 3, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Employment & Careers, Mississippi

MGM Resorts International, a Las Vegas-based casino company, has announced a plan to cut as many as 1,000 jobs by summer. The layoffs were announced earlier in the week, with positions being removed from the co...

Declining casino revenue to see fire department leave Tunica, Mississippi

K Morrison

April 23, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Mississippi

Declining revenues from the county's casinos are reportedly responsible for the coming departure from north Tunica County by the Rural Metro Fire Department at the end of next month. The late May exit comes ...

Penn National to cease operations at Resorts Casino in Tunica, Mississippi on June 30

K Morrison

April 17, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino closures, Mississippi

After two years of ownership, Pennsylvania-based gaming and racing operator, Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN: NASDAQ) announced Tuesday that effective June 30, 2019, operations at its Resorts Casino Tunica pro...

Developer files plan for new southern Mississippi casino

Adam Morgan

March 8, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino News, Casino expansion projects, New Hotels, Economy/Finance, Licenses, Sports betting, Mississippi

In southern Mississippi, a local property developer has reportedly filed an application that could see it given permission to build a new casino on a 98.5-acre parcel of land located only a few miles from the 1...

Site approval for Mississippi’s planned Long Beach Harbor Resort

Adam Morgan

February 1, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino News, Mississippi

The Gulf Coast region of Mississippi could reportedly soon become home to a 13th casino after Wednesday saw the southern state’s gaming regulator approve the site for the proposed Long Beach Harbor Resort. A...

GAN launches free-play Pearl River Resort online casino

Adam Morgan

December 19, 2018

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, New online casinos, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Mississippi

British software supplier, GameAccount Network (GAN), has announced the launch of a simulated online gaming service for Mississippi’s Pearl River Resort featuring a selection of free-play video slots from the l...