Mississippi News - Page 55

Construction crews are converting the first two floors of Treasure Bay's hotel into a temporary casino and making plans to demolish the pirate ship within the next six weeks.The casino should reopen by July or August.

News Brief: Penn National Gaming Inc. hopes to reopen its two Mississippi casinos destroyed by Hurricane Katrina before the end of the year.

News Brief: Larry Gregory, the executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, said the three casinos that have reopened in Biloxi since Hurricane Katrina actually made about $62 million during January - $11 million more than the amount reported by the city of Biloxi on its Web site.

News Brief: Besides Biloxi's resilient casino market, gambling companies have another good reason for investing on the Coast: a big tax write off.

News Brief: Developers of the Silver Slipper Casino are proposing a $100,000 donation for land conservation and the restoration of adjacent wetlands if Mississippi will allow an acre along the shoreline to be filled in.

News Brief: High-tech radio frequency identification chips allow casinos to keep real-time track of table game action, quickly assess player points and know that their chips are secure from counterfeit or theft.

Ameristar Casinos showed investors Wednesday how it benefited by operating in hurricane-ravaged Mississippi.

News Brief: A Georgia man is charged with assault for driving his car through the glass doors of Tunica's Gold Strike Casino and doing doughnuts in the lobby.

Ameristar was the only casino selected as a finalist for the Mississippi Business Journal Best Places To Work In Mississippi honor.

News Brief: Alain J. Uboldi, the chief operating officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, made comments to the Mississippi Gaming Commission on Thursday more positive about the likelihood of rebuilding in Biloxi than previous statements by company executives.

News Brief: The Mississippi Gaming Commission has dropped a proposal that would let casinos count roads and sewerage systems to meet infrastructure requirements.

News Brief: Developers have leased seven acres immediately east of Boomtown Casino where they plan to build a gambling resort.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment, the world's largest gambling company, will invest more than $1 billion to build two casinos in Biloxi, said Mayor A.J. Holloway.