Casino: Market will settle dispute
Relatively small as it is – a threat to the state’s commercial casinos?
Perhaps.
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is set to open its new Bok Homa casino on Dec. 20 near Sandersville in Jones County.
The controversial casino – dubbed by vocal opponent Gov. Haley Barbour as a “slot parlor” – will feature more than 700 slot machines and a quick-serve eatery. Choctaw tribal spokesman Warren Strain said the casino will have two electronic blackjack tables and one electronic roulette table.
Some perspective is available by comparing the two enterprises.
Clarion Ledger
12/12/10
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