Archive for the 'Biloxi Casinos' Category

Bad news for Biloxi Casinos?

Monday, July 27th, 2009

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 [...]

Gaming Summit in Biloxi

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

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 [...]

Jackpot hit at Beau Rivage

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

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 records $129.7M loss

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

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 [...]

Bacaran Bay will get a new name

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

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 [...]