Mississippi News - Page 65

News Brief: Hancock County officials and gambling executives plunged ceremonial shovels into the earth Wednesday to mark the groundbreaking for the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall and Saloon.

Beau Rivage plans to build a new 18-hole championship golf course on a 510-acre tract 20 minutes north of the resort.

News Brief: The cash-strapped 2005 Legislature has Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway sweating bullets, worried it might try to take gambling tax money from local governments that have casinos.

President Casinos, Inc. reports that Broadwater Development was the winning bidder for the company's Biloxi casino and hotel operations under the terms of Section 363 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

News Brief: The chairman of the Mississippi House Gaming Committee has introduced a vaguely worded bill that can be used to amend state law so casinos can better protect themselves from hurricanes.

For Q3, President Casinos reported a net loss of $0.8 million, or $0.15 per share, compared to a net loss of $2.6 million, or $0.52 per share, for Q3 2003.

Rudi Schiffer gives the lowdown on the latest news from the resorts in Tunica, Mississippi.

The ninth stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT) is in paradise, literally.

Isle of Capri Casinos reports that it is accepting applications for the second awarding of its $20,000 Isle Endowment College Scholarship.

News Brief: More and more casinos are converting to the ticket in, ticket out technology, which converts money to a piece of paper than can be exchanged between nickel and quarter or any other denomination machines.

News Brief: The Isle of Capri may proceed with plans for a bigger gambling barge, and Boomtown may move its casino from leased property to land it owns.

CIBC World Markets is arranging a $650 million refinancing for Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., according to officials of the Biloxi, Miss.-based riverboat gambling operator.

The Mississippi Gaming Association, one of two trade organizations in the state, will hold a meeting next month as part of a "strategic planning process," said incoming president Duncan McKenzie.

News Brief: Norma Massa disappeared two weeks ago during a trip to Fitzgeralds Casino in Tunica.

Rudi Schiffer gives the lowdown on the latest news from the resorts in Tunica, Mississippi.

Summit Entertainment Group reports the finalization of a Letter of intent to acquire / purchase a casino in Biloxi Mississippi.

MGM Mirage report that the Mississippi Gaming Commission has approved the company's merger with Mandalay Resort Group pending receipt of other required approvals.

Robert Norton has been promoted to vice president of gaming operations for the Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Michael Tamburelli has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri property.

Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news from the Tunica, Mississippi casinos.

News Brief: Mississippi state gaming authorities have reported a rash of cheating at Tunica's slot machines, with at least six arrests this year of increasingly sophisticated criminals.