Mississippi News - Page 71

News Brief: For South Mississippi casinos and retail businesses, the combination of Valentine's Day and Presidents Day was a winner, ringing slot machines and cash registers.

News Brief: The crowd at the groundbreaking for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi on Tuesday morning was impressive, but not as amazing as the number of people who have applied for a job at the resort.

News Brief: Tens of thousands of colorful casino chips, representing every era of gambling and every corner of the globe, were on display at Copa Casino on Saturday afternoon.

News Brief: The groundbreaking for the new Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Biloxi will have a lot of Mississippi flavor.

News Brief: Plans for a casino in D'Iberville, after nearly a decade of wrangling with environmental and other issues, cleared a final governmental hurdle on Thursday.

News Brief: A Florida developer plans to build a 35,000-square-foot dockside casino in Natchez, Mississippi.

News Brief: Mississippi’s Palace Casino is set to open the Palace Sports Zone, which features 50 televisions hooked up to DirecTV, more than 300 slot machines and a 300-foot-long ticker, continuously running the latest scores and statistics from ESPN.

News Brief: Members of the new Mississippi House Gaming Committee on Thursday received their first briefing on the state of the casino industry and the state agency charged with regulating it.

News Brief: The Imperial Palace will save more than $5 million in property taxes over the next eight years under a settlement agreement reached Monday.

News Brief: The chairman of the Mississippi Gaming Commission says he believes the Mississippi Gulf Coast is ready for another casino.

For the second time in six years, the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources has approved a permit for casino development in D'Iberville.

News Brief: The Mississippi’s House Gaming committee's creation has been met with both applause and concern.

News Brief: Mississippi has found itself the unlikely casino stick-up capital of America, topping even Las Vegas and Atlantic City, in robberies last year.

News Brief: According to attorneys, everything is on track for demolition and construction to begin in March on the Hard Rock site in Mississippi.

News Brief: Sunflower County Sheriff James Haywood's top priority is to rid the community of illegal gambling.

News Brief: An environmental impact statement for the Royal D'Iberville Hotel and Casino has been completed, and the favorable results mean a casino could open in D'Iberville within two years.