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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

Get ready to bet legally on the Saints or the Rebels this football season, now that the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down the federal law that permitted sports betting only in Nevada and a handful of other states with grandfather status. Mississippi legislators passed a law in

 

he State of Mississippi could establish one of the most profitable sports betting markets in the US. US.- Mississippi could be one of the most profitable markets to set legal sports betting operations after the resolution of the US Supreme Court, which is expected to release a resolut

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While state leaders continue their decades-old hemming and hawing over a lottery, folks could be legally betting on sports and horse racing in Mississippi casinos by this coming football season. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule as early as next week (or as late as June 25) o

A Senate committee in Louisiana rejected a bill to legalise sports betting should PASPA get revoked by the Supreme Court of the US. US.- The potential revoking of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992 has nearly every state in the US debating ways to regul

Sponsors of two bills sought by owners of floating casinos continue to lack the votes they need to pass the measures in the state Senate. State Sen. Ronnie Johns, R-Lake Charles, signaled that he didn’t want the Senate on Wednesday to consider his bill to allow Louisiana’s 15 floating

By LISA MONTI Keeping things running at Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, with its 1,740 hotel rooms, 24-hour casino, 10 restaurants, award-winning golf course and other swanky amenities, is a massive operation. To ensure that the slots are spinning, the dealers stay busy and the hotel r