Gold Strike Casino Unionization Signals Shift in Tunica Gaming Industry

Gold Strike Casino

In a move that underscores shifting labor dynamics in the Southern gaming market, employees at Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, Mississippi, have voted to join Teamsters Local 667. The decision, reached through a card-check majority, brings roughly 280 workers, including housekeepers, food and beverage staff, and cocktail servers, under union representation. For many employees, …

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Is Online Gambling The Reason Tunica Casinos Are Closing

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Tunica, Mississippi, was once hailed as the “South’s Las Vegas,” drawing millions of visitors to its sprawling casino resorts along the Mississippi River. At its peak in the early 2000s, Tunica ranked among the nation’s largest gambling destinations. But in recent years, the market has steadily declined. The latest blow came with the closure of …

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Sam’s Town Casino in Tunica to Close After 31 Years

Sam's Town Casino

After more than three decades of operation, Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in Tunica, Mississippi, is preparing to shut its doors permanently. The casino will cease operations on November 9, 2025, at 10 p.m., while the hotel will remain open until November 2 to accommodate final guests and staff transitions. The closure marks a …

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Mississippi Casinos Strike Gold In 2021 Despite No Mobile Sports Betting

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As Gulf Coast casinos in and around Biloxi set an annual revenue record with $1.6 billion and Tunica casinos pulled in nearly $$700 million in 2021, Mississippi unmasked a total gambling haul of nearly $2.7 billion in earnings statewide. Notably, this is without Mississippi mobile sports betting. Of course, despite the above figures – which …

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Tunica Casino Hosts Championship Boxing Match

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Collazo scores a KO in Fight Hosted By Horseshoe Casino in Tunica The bets started to roll in at the Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi as the back and forth battle between the two southpaws started to turn heads. A Brooklyner and former World Champion, Luis Callazo took on welterweight contender, Sammy Vasquez …

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Tunica Rags To Riches Story

How Casino Gambling Took an Impoverished Region from Rags to Riches There are always going to be those who oppose the gambling industry in general, labeling it as an evil in the world that just leads to negative consequences for any area that embraces it. While gambling opponents claim that integrating gambling into a community …

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Tunica’s Gamble For Prosperity Was a Bust

The town of Tunica still faces devastating poverty and unemployment levels. Tunica, Mississippi has been described as “America’s Ethiopia,” criticized on national news for its seeming “apartheid” school system and ranked as one of the nation’s poorest counties. Despite managing to strike deals with big-name casinos and all of the upscale businesses that come in …

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