Biloxi was holding pretty well compared to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, but after this report, not looking too good…
June was a wake-up month for Mississippi casinos, which saw the kind of bad hand dealt casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City for well over a year.
The gross casino revenue reported monthly by the Mississippi [...]
On Wednesday, the Southern Gaming Summit at the Mississippi Coast Convention Center will include a financial roundtable that will bring together bankers and analysts to address the recession and global credit crisis.
That’s followed by a State of the Industry report from Virginia McDowell, president of Isle of Capri Casinos; John Payne, president of Harrah’s Entertainment’s [...]
Beau Rivage Resort and Casino officials say 56-year-old Diane Harrison Kennedy won $998,102 on Friday while playing a Wheel of Fortune progressive slot machine. Her payout came after she’d put only $40 into the machine.
Kennedy says she was in Biloxi for a conference and decided to go have fun at the casino during her free [...]
Harrah’s Entertainment on Friday reported a third-quarter loss of $129.7 million compared with a profit of $244.4 million during July to September in 2007.
The company said the loss reflected reduced spending by consumers at its Las Vegas casinos and the closing of several Gulf Coast properties for hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Grand Biloxi was closed [...]
It was reported in the Sun Herald that they Bacaran Bay Casino will get a new name. It hasn’t been released what the name will be, but when we find out we will post. It also looks like they are not going to be selling the condominiums anymore.
The project will be referred to as [...]