Mississippi News - Page 70

News Brief: The owners of a Back Bay casino site asked Biloxi for permission to construct a man-made basin during the first phase of a proposed future development, but the Biloxi Planning Commission delayed a vote.

News Brief: The Mississippi College Board has approved a bachelor's degree in tourism with the courses focusing on casino and resort management.

Frank Scoblete: It is no accident that when Steve Wynn was running the Mirage properties, they had the best blackjack games in Vegas--and rarely sweated the action of even the biggest and most expert of players, and Mirage won a lot of money.

News Brief: A 42-year-old Georgia man became the second person in the nation to win a Cash for Life jackpot when he hit a $1,160,540.48 prize at Imperial Palace.

News Brief: Delta Blues Casino president Charles Preiser got final approval Monday for his Greenville casino and blues museum.

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

News Brief: The Mississippi Gaming Commission has started a new program that it hopes will lead casinos to spend more money with Mississippi vendors.

ews Brief: Tunica casino operators saw a decline in revenues for the first time ever last year. Gaming executives, however, profess optimism for 2004 and beyond.

News Brief: Every day, tour buses bring hundreds of people to Mississippi Coast casinos.

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

News Brief: Kathy Peavy got to live out the fantasy of millions of gamblers Thursday when she got a free pull on nearly 900 slot machines for winning a slot tournament last weekend.

News Brief: Mississippi coast casinos had their second best month in history in February, thanks to a combination of an improving economy, snowbirds, Mardi Gras and George Strait.

News Brief: The Mississippi College Board is expected to decide today whether to request an attorney general's opinion on the University of Southern Mississippi offering a casino-related degree program.

News Brief: The Mississippi Gaming Commission has started a pilot program to let an independent lab test some new technology, a move expected to allow the latest games and money-saving systems to arrive in casinos faster.

News Brief: Construction workers are driving pilings and preparing to erect a parking garage for Biloxi's Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

News Brief: Thefts involving purses at two casinos this week is coincidental, but serves as a reminder that women should guard their handbags, police said.

News Brief: Several South Mississippi casinos have introduced a variety of blackjack that gives the house a greatly increased edge and causes gamblers to win less money. Despite the odds, the games are popular with gamblers.

News Brief: The Mississippi Coast casinos won $109.9 million in January, thanks to the start of snowbird season.