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The city of Vicksburg is located in the state of Mississippi, on the border with Louisiana. Along the banks of the Mississippi River, Vicksburg has a population estimated at nearly 50,000. Thanks to the Vicksburg National Military Par and its several casinos, Vicksburg attracts a great deal of visitors throughout the year. Horizon Vicksburg Casino 1310 Mulberry St, Vicksburg, MS 39180 Ameristar Casino Hotel Vicksburg 4116 Washington Street.

ECONOMIC EFFECT

Gary Thomas has owned Goldie’s Express restaurant in Vicksburg since 1991, just before casinos became a significant aspect. For 23 years, Thomas has been an essential part of the food scene in Vicksburg, and he and his business have experienced both ups and downs as a result of the influx of casinos over the past two decades.

Thomas has experienced a sweep of competition between other restaurants since the casinos came onto the scene in the early 1990s.

Casino Vicksburg, formerly Lady Luck Casino Vicksburg, in Vicksburg, Mississippi is a 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m 2) casino with an 89-room hotel. It is owned and operated by Bally's Corporation. All Vicksburg casinos offer slots, video poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, and three-card poker. Other optional games offered are Spanish 21, baccarat, mini-baccarat, poker, pai gow poker, let it ride, Caribbean stud poker Mississippi stud, ultimate Texas hold’em, big-six wheel, four card poker, casino war, and keno.

“When you have the casinos in town, we have four, there’s just a lot of competition there,” Thomas said. “It’s a big draw with all the big lights and the décor.”

However, Thomas hasn’t encountered any problems with his business and the casinos.

“To be honest, I don’t really experience any competition with the casinos, and I never have,” Thomas said.

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In fact, Thomas has become close with the casinos’ owners and has seen growth in the catering aspect of his restaurant since the casinos have sprouted in Vicksburg.

“I have a working relationship with most of the management, to where if they want to do something with an outside catering company, I’m pretty high on the list of choices,” Thomas said.

George Flaggs Jr. has held the position of mayor of Vicksburg since 2013, and also believes casinos have greatly aided in the business that Vicksburg receives.

“The community has embraced casinos,” Flaggs said, “and we’ve been able to include casinos as a part of the marketing strategy for this city.”

Mayor Flaggs estimates that between 800 and one million people visit Vicksburg’s National Military Park each day, and is thankful that casinos have popped up in the city to help those people visit other aspects of Vicksburg.

“They may not come and go to casinos, they may just come and go to the National Military Park,” Flaggs said. “We’re trying to capitalize on that by creating some other avenues where they can visit.”

Flaggs hopes this will aid in the sales tax revenue.

Laura Beth Strickland, the Communications Manager for the city of Vicksburg is ecstatic that casinos have been a part of the city, as they have helped to create a variety of jobs.

“In the tourism industry we have 4,000 jobs,” Strickland said, “and Ameristar Casino has 1,000 jobs in total.”

Since his business began in 1991, Gary Thomas has stayed true to Vicksburg, even with the addition of the casinos, which he believes have never been a problem for Goldie’s.

“The old stay and the strong survive,” Thomas said, “and I really don’t think that the casinos have affected anybody in the wrong way.”

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Types of Casinos in Vicksburg

All of the casinos in Vicksburg are housed on riverboats. They are not allowed to cruise and all Vicksburg casinos must remain dockside.

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Three of the casinos in Vicksburg are built on barges so they resemble a land-based building rather than a riverboat. The fourth casino, Ameristar, is housed on an actual paddlewheel riverboat.

All Vicksburg casinos offer slots, video poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, and three-card poker. Other optional games offered are Spanish 21, baccarat, mini-baccarat, poker, pai gow poker, letit ride, Caribbean stud poker Mississippi stud, ultimate Texas hold’em, big-six wheel, four card poker, casino war, and keno.

Gambling Laws in Vicksburg

The payback percentages for slot machines at all casinos in Vicksburg are released as a matter of public record. Just click here to see a list of slot machine payback statistics for all Mississippi casinos.

Whenever you win any jackpot of $1,200 or more in Mississippi, they will withhold 3% of your winnings for the Mississippi Tax Commission as a gambling tax. The tax is nonrefundable and the$1,200 amount would also apply to any cash prizes won in casino drawings or tournaments.

The minimum gambling age at all casinos in Vicksburg is 21 and all Vicksburg casinos are open 24 hours.

List of Casinos in Vicksburg

Shown below is a list of all Vicksburg casinos. Click on a casino name to see a page of detailed information about that particular casino.

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For more information on visiting the casinos in Vicksburg, or for more general tourism information, call the city’s Convention and Visitors Bureau at (800) 221-3536, or visit their website at: www.visitvicksburg.com