The Mississippi Gaming Commission has released the agenda for the October meeting to be held on November 17, 2016. Please click here for the agenda.
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Mississippi Commission Pulls Proposed Rule Change to Increase Number of Gulf Coast Gaming Sites
On October 20, 2016, many believed that the Mississippi Gaming Commission was set to approve the receipt of public comment on a proposed change to the Commission regulations that would dramatically increase the number of legal locations for gaming sites on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. But abruptly, Commissioners deferred action on the proposed regulation.
The proposed change to Rule 1.4 would have opened up sites all along the Mississippi coast that for ten years have been deemed off limits to casino development.
The key proposed change to Rule 1.4 would have eliminated language that requires an applicant for site approval to own or control (e.g., lease) all of a proposed casino site from the location of the anticipated gaming floor to the mean high water line. In other words, Continue Reading
Mississippi Gaming Commission Posts Meeting Minutes for October
The minutes for the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s meeting held on October 20, 2016, can be reviewed by clicking here.
Mississippi Gaming Commission Posts Agenda for October Meeting
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has released the agenda for the October meeting to be held on October 20, 2016. Please click here for the agenda.
The times are a changin’ – Louisiana creates the Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Task Force
This summer, a concurrent resolution that creates a Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Task Force (“Task Force”) was adopted during the regular session of the Louisiana State Legislature. The Task Force, to be chaired by Ronnie Jones, Chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, is charged with (1) studying current law and existing rules and regulations regarding riverboat gaming, (2) receiving public input relative to same, and (3) presenting a written report to the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice and the Senate Committee on Judiciary B no later than 60 days prior to the beginning of the 2018 Regular Session. The report is to make recommendations that include, but are not limited to, changes in current law, rules and regulations; (1) to further generate and promote increased economic development by riverboat gaming licensees, (2) to provide for greater safety for patrons and employees of riverboat casinos, (3) to encourage increased capital reinvestment by riverboat gaming licensees, (4) to improve and enhance the regulation of riverboat gaming licensees, and (5) to make Louisiana riverboat casinos more competitive with gaming enterprises in nearby jurisdictions. Continue Reading
