The first Mississippi casino opened in August 1992, after other states, including Iowa and Illinois, began operating riverboat casinos.

Joi Taylor thinks of moving from her cashier's job at Kroger's to a cashier's job at a Mississippi casino.

But he said that adding Grand to the mix might not add much because the Mississippi casinos would face stiff new competition next year from Mirage Resorts.

This rule is commonplace in Mississippi casinos, and becoming more widely available in Nevada.

The match I attended in October 1997 was held in the parking lot of a small Mississippi casino.

Some Mississippi casinos, which had been floating on barges, were swept half a mile inland.

A bus carrying at least 46 people on a Mother's Day trip from Louisiana to a Mississippi casino slammed into an embankment, killing 23 people and injuring 20.

Most of the revenue came from its three Mississippi casinos.

Billboards for the Mississippi casinos begin just outside the New Orleans airport 98 miles away.

Most of the opposition money, came not from citizens' groups but from Mississippi casinos, fearful of competition.