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Biloxi House plan receives initial Mississippi Gaming Commission approval

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

Marie Kelley

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...

Caesars Entertainment Corporation ups partnership with SG Digital

Adam Morgan

December 4, 2018

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Technology, Mobile gaming, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Mississippi, New Jersey

American lottery and gaming machines innovator, Scientific Games Corporation, has announced that its SG Digital subsidiary has updated the sportsbetting service it is providing casino operator, Caesars Entertai...

Caesars to close Tunica Roadhouse Casino in Mississippi due to saturation

Marie Kelley

December 3, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino closures, Mississippi

By the end of January, Tunica, Mississippi will be home to one less casino. Caesars Entertainment Corp. announced last week that they were closing their Tunica Roadhouse Casino in light of saturation within the...

Mississippi casino revenue spikes as sports betting debuts

K Morrison

September 23, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, Economy/Finance, Sports betting, Mississippi

The regulations having taken effect on July 22, Mississippi’s launch of sports betting is already proving to benefit brick and mortar casinos in the state where overall casino revenue increased significantly in...

Mississippi sportsbetting agreement for IGT

Adam Morgan

September 12, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Technology, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Mississippi

Prominent gaming machine and systems innovator, International Game Technology (IGT), has announced the signing of a deal that is to see it provide further sportsbetting solutions to a trio of land-based casinos...

William Hill inks further American sportsbetting agreements

Adam Morgan

August 3, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Mississippi, West Virginia

British bookmaking giant, William Hill, has further entered the American sportsbetting market after it announced the signing of deals with casinos in the southern states of Mississippi and West Virginia. Dea...

Caesars Entertainment Corporation casinos to debut sportsbooks

Adam Morgan

July 31, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Mississippi, New Jersey

Caesars Entertainment Corporation is set to become the latest casino operator to expand its sportsbetting services in the United States after announcing that it intends to launch sportsbooks for its properties ...

First sports bets in Mississippi at two MGM Resorts properties Aug. 1

K Morrison

July 31, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Sports betting, Mississippi

In Mississippi, the brand-new sports books at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi and Gold Strike Casino in Tunica will reportedly be where the first sports bets in the state will be placed at about noon ...

Churchill Downs and Eldorado Resorts cancel sale of Mississippi casino

K Morrison

July 10, 2018

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Mississippi

After announcing in late February that it had agreed a deal that would see it spend $229.5 million to acquire the Presque Isle Downs and Casino in Pennsylvania and Mississippi’s Lady Luck Casino Vicksburg (pict...