Fred S. of Gulf Breeze, Florida, gives a thumbs up after he won a $1.29 million jackpot Wednesday, July 18, at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi. This was the first $1 million-plus jackpot in 3 years at a Coast casino. Courtesy of Hard Rock Casino Biloxi The drought of $1 million dollar jackpot

Baseball scores roll on a ticker inside the Island View Casino Resort in Gulfport where they will eventually put in one of their sports books. John Fitzhugh jcfitzhugh@sunherald.com The first day casinos in Mississippi legally can offer sports betting is July 22, but that likely won’t

Biloxi The impasse is over and now an amusement park complete with a giant Ferris wheel and other rides and outdoor attractions can move forward at Margaritaville Resort Biloxi. A press conference Tuesday afternoon announced the agreement between Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert

Y esterday, a constitutional amendment that would authorize state government to issue four licenses for casino gambling was proposed, with one each for Jefferson and Pope counties, one for Oaklawn Racing and Gaming in Hot Springs and one for Southland Park Gaming and Racing in West Me

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ACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Gaming Commission has confirmed sports betting is now legal throughout the state. Advertisement A representative for the state gaming commission said the vote was unanimous. The new rules will take effect in 30 days. The U.S. Supreme Court last month st

Gulfport Call it a trifecta day for South Mississippi as the ribbon was cut Thursday morning on the new Beach Casino at Island View Casino Resort just as the Gaming Commission adopted rules for sports betting to begin in Mississippi in 30 days. The new casino opened to the public at 2

Gulfport “Light, bright and airy” aren’t words typically used to describe a casino, but that will change when the new $75 million Beach Casino addition at Island View Casino Resort opens by the end of June. “Everywhere there’s actually windows looking out

Three Choctaw Indian casinos will soon offer sports betting. Pearl River Resort and Bok Homa Casino, which are owned and operated by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will soon offer sports betting. On Thursday, May 31, 2018, during a special called Tribal Council Meeting, the c

It was a memorable week in Biloxi in early May as the Southern Gaming Summit (SGS) returned with a new vigor and enthusiasm and featured the inaugural class of the Mississippi Gaming Hall of Fame (see page 61). The conference was held for the first time under the sole ownership of the