The Gaming Commission convenes Wednesday in Jackson. The commission will hear from Charles Cato of St. Petersburg, Fla., the developer of the $53 million Emerald Star Casino and Resort to be located south of the Mississippi River bridge in Natchez.
Plans call for the purchase of the existing Ramada Inn and The Briars bed-and-breakfast inn as part of the casino development. Read the full story at Biloxi Sun Herald
We were cheated, say casino winners - 2004-02-17 Six punters claim they have been cheated out of their casino winnings after GrandWest in Goodwood was not willing to pay their jackpots right away.
The payouts amount to about R300 000. The winners waited for about two hours on Monday afternoon, but left Sun International's Western Cape gambling showpiece disgruntled.
Strand punter and gold card member Eric Meyer, who won just under R190 000 on the coin machines on Monday, said he had been playing on the machine for just under an hour when he hit the jackpot. Read the full story at Independent Online
