Tag Archives: Mississippi
US – Choctaw Resorts Development breaks ground on travel plaza slot hall
Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise (CRDE) held a groundbreaking ceremony on a new gambling travel plaza to be located in Louisville, Mississippi. The 18,000-square-foot facility will have 150 slot machines, a Sportsbook lounge, 3,000 square feet of retail space, a family-friendly restaurant, and fueling stations for commercial and passenger vehicles. The Louisville Travel Plaza is only a…
US – Latest attempt to legalise statewide mobile betting in Mississippi
A new mobile sports betting bill, the fifth such bill to be presented to the Mississippi legislature, has been read in the State House. Sports betting is legal in Mississippi, with retail sports betting going live in the state in 2018, and is currently offered by 30 brick-and-mortar sport books in operation with casino locations….
US – Full House up 12.6 per cent in third quarter
Full House Resorts, operator of casinos in Mississippi, Colorado, Indiana and Nevada, generated revenues in the third quarter of 2021 of $47.2m, a 12.6 per cent increase from $42m in the prior-year period. Both periods reflect a full quarter of reopened operations, as all of the company’s properties reopened by June 2020 after closing in…
US – BetMGM launches mobile sports betting app at Gold Strike Casino Resort
BetMGM has launched its mobile app at Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, Mississippi. “We’ve had great success with the opening of the BetMGM Book Bar & Grill at Gold Strike and are thrilled to complement our retail offering with the launch of the BetMGM mobile app in Mississippi,” said BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt. “Sports…
US – Bally’s Corp. rebranding turns to Mississippi with Bally’s Vicksburg Casino
Ballys Corp. has now started the relaunch of Casino Vicksburg, now rebranded to Bally’s Vicksburg Casino with a new entrance, new signage and Bally Rewards players club program. The property-wide rebrand is expected to be completed by late September and will also include new Bally’s dice, cards, gaming chips and table game layouts, while previous…
US – Reopenings see Full House revenues jump by 226.9 per cent
Full House Resorts bounced back in the second quarter of 2021 with revenues of $47.4m, marking a 226.9 per cent jump from $14.5m in the prior-year period. The prior-year period reflects the pandemic-related closure of all of the company’s properties from mid-March 2020 through late-May 2020 for Silver Slipper, and through June 2020 for its…
US – Aristocrat and Gold Strike Casino launch Mid-South’s first Buffalo Zone
Casino players across the Mid-South have a new reason to cheer ‘Buffalooooo!’ as Aristocrat Gaming and MGM Resorts International’s Gold Strike Casino Resort launching Mississippi’s first ‘Buffalo Zone.’ Gold Strike’s new gaming space opened on May 28 for Memorial Day weekend. Located on the resort’s second level, the new 2,800-square-foot ‘Buffalo Zone’ is dedicated exclusively…
US – PointsBet slides into Pennsylvania and Mississippi with Penn National
PointsBet USA and Penn National Gaming have agreed to extend the Online Gaming Services Framework Agreement dated July 31 2019 to provide PointsBet with online sports betting and iGaming market access in Pennsylvania and Mississippi, subject to enabling legislation (in Mississippi) and licensure in each of those States. Pennsylvania currently permits online sports betting and…
US – Full House enjoys ‘phenomenal third quarter’ following reopenings
Full House Resorts, operator of casinos such as Silver Slipper in Mississippi, Rising Star in Indiana, and Billy Broncos in Colorado enjoyed a ‘phenomenal third quarter’ with the promise of expansion in Colorado following the approval new laws. Its revenues in the third quarter of 2020 came in at $42m, versus $44.3min the prior-year period,…
