Mississippi News - Page 48

Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis announced the promotion of Holly Lemoine-Raymond from player development manager to the newly created position of assistant marketing director.

News Brief: A Jackson County group plans to start pressing the Board of Supervisors for a referendum on casino gambling in Jackson County, Mississippi.

Beau Rivage joins forces with legendary bull riding champion Tuff Hedeman to welcome his own official bull riding event -- Tuff Hedeman's Mississippi Shootout.

eMillions progressive slot jackpot has hit twice in less than two months at Silver Star Casino in Philadelphia, MS.

News Brief: An attorney general's opinion, released Thursday, paves the way for Jackson County, Mississippi, supervisors to hold a non-binding vote to see if residents would support Indian gaming in the county.

News Brief: The Mississippi Senate has approved an amendment to exclude casinos from a House bill to provide tax breaks for tourism projects.

News Brief: Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., the casino company founded by real estate developer Donald Trump, dropped plans to build a casino on Mississippi's Gulf Coast with Diamondhead Casino Corp.

News Brief: Jackson County, Mississippi, supervisors formally asked the Legislature on Tuesday for the authority to hold a non-binding vote to determine how people in the county feel about tribal gaming on Indian land along Mississippi 57 and gambling in general.

News Brief: A bill passed by a House committee Monday seeks to make clear that casinos will still be charged only 3.5 percent on construction materials, the same as other projects, now that some of them are moving onshore.

News Brief: Coast Businesses for Fair Play is suing the U.S. Department of Interior because it contends the federal agency has not complied with public-records requests about a proposed Choctaw casino in Jackson County.

News Brief: Plans to build a riverfront development and casino under Roth Hill, got approval from the Mississippi Gaming Commission Thursday to start planning.

News Brief: Lakes Entertainment wants a two-year extension on their Mississippi site, according to the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s deputy director.

Rudi Schiffer gives readers a view of the news in Tunica in the latest installment of "Heard it on the river."

ews Brief: The Board of Supervisors will ask the Legislature to approve a non-binding referendum in Jackson County, Mississippi, on a proposed Choctaw-owned casino and gambling on the November ballot.

News Brief: Long Beach, Mississippi, residents will be able to express their views on proposed zoning regulations for casinos at a March 6 public hearing.

Rudi Schiffer updates the Tunica scene in this edition of Heard it on the River.

News Brief: County officials have approved an investigation to allow for a referendum to let the Mississippi Band of Choctaws build a casino along Miss. 57 near Interstate 10.

News Brief: The Jackson County Board of Supervisors has the legal authority to call a non-binding referendum to gauge whether residents would support a tribal-owned casino.

News Brief: Two bills introduced this legislative session would put more checks and balances on the expansion of tribal casinos in Mississippi.

News Brief: Jackson County United for Families, a group of pastors opposed to gambling, met Monday with a representative of Coast Businesses for Fair Play to discuss strategies against a proposed Choctaw casino near Ocean Springs.