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Margaritaville Casino construction in final stages
(5/20/2013)
(Louisiana) -- The grand opening for Margaritaville Resort Casino in Bossier City is set for the week of July 4. Advertising and publicity manager Christy Wood tells The...
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Margaritaville Casino in Bossier City sets June 15 opening
(5/19/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Residents on both sides of the Red River, here and in Shreveport, have watched the Margaritaville hotel rise from nothing in about a year.
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Construction on Margaritaville Resort Casino continues
(4/5/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Construction continues Thursday on the new Margaritaville Resort Casino down by the Louisiana Boardwalk. Margaritaville is the 6th river based casino to...
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Exclusive look inside Margaritaville Resort Casino
(3/24/2013)
(Louisiana) -- KSLA News 12 cameras took an exclusive look inside of Margaritaville Resort Casino. The casino is set to open in June, and developers say they are putting...
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A look inside the Margaritaville Casino
(2/18/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Crews are diligently working to complete the Margaritaville Casino and Resort in Bossier City on time. Amid the chaos of construction, the casino has...
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Margaritaville Casino now accepting job applications online
(1/23/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Attention job seekers! Margaritaville Resort Casino is bringing hundreds of jobs to the ArkLaTex, and online job applications are now available.
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Margaritaville Resort and Casino names Vice President/General Manager
(12/3/2012)
(Louisiana) -- Barry Regula has been named Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Margaritaville Resort and Casino located in Bossier City, effective on Monday...
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KSLA gets inside look at Margaritaville casino construction
(11/13/2012)
(Louisiana) -- Scanning the skyline across Bossier-Shreveport, one would undoubtedly notice the newest addition to the horizon. The rise of the more than $195 million...
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Bossier land deal to allow contiguous parking at Margaritaville Resort Casino
(8/22/2012)
(Louisiana) -- Parking at Margaritaville Resort Casino will now be contained in one contiguous lot thanks to a planned land deal the Bossier City Council approved...
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Bossier council takes up Margaritaville road construction vote
(7/31/2012)
(Louisiana) -- The Bossier City Council held a special vote Tuesday to award a bid for the road project in connection to the Margaritaville Resort Casino development.
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Online Gaming
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Louisiana To Study Possibility of Online Gaming
(3/18/2013)
(Louisiana) -- A Louisiana state representative wants fellow legislators to analyze the prospect of Internet gaming in the state. Citing recent legalization in Nevada,...
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Indian Gaming Revenue
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State's Indian-run casinos pulled in $460.5 million in 2011
(3/1/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Louisiana’s three Indian-run casinos made $460.5 million in 2011, according to Casino City’s Indian Gaming Industry Report. The 2013 edition...
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Pinnacle Entertainment
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Pinnacle executive says BR casino market bigger than thought
(2/6/2013)
(Louisiana) -- The executive who oversees Pinnacle Entertainment’s four Louisiana casinos said Wednesday that the company built the L’Auberge Casino Hotel...
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Lawsuit claims Pinnacle stopped payments
(2/2/2013)
(Louisiana) -- A Texas company that built the frame for L'Auberge Baton Rouge has sued the casino's parent company and two executives for $1.9 million.
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Buzz on Business: Bossier City casino owner to buy Ameristar
(12/23/2012)
(Louisiana) -- The owner of Boomtown Casino and Hotel in Bossier City and three other Louisiana properties says it will buy rival Ameristar Casinos for about $869...
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Sports Betting
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A City Where Underground Gambling Plays by Its Own Rules
(2/2/2013)
(Louisiana) -- There is a man living here named Michael. He is in his 30s, went to high school in the Uptown area and enjoys watching his two children run around and...
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Mining & Drilling
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DOJ: Interior Secretary Salazar not in contempt of court for drilling ban after Gulf spill
(8/9/2012)
(Louisiana) -- Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar should not be held in contempt of court for issuing a second moratorium on deep water drilling following BP...
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Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
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Grant Parish residents have mixed feelings on casino
(4/20/2012)
(Louisiana) -- Jennifer Bostick isn't worried about stereotypes that comes with casinos. All she wants is job growth. The Colfax resident was happy to learn that The...
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Wynn Resorts
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Investors in Louisiana join case against Wynn Resorts
(3/29/2012)
(Louisiana) -- The litigation surrounding Wynn Resorts Ltd. has gained another entrant. The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System, which holds Wynn...
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Grant Parish Casino
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Construction expected to start next week on Indian casino in south Grant Parish
(3/13/2012)
(Louisiana) -- The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians has been working toward opening a casino for more than a decade. That dream is now becoming a reality. B. Cheryl Smith,...
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Ground broke for Choctaw Casino
(3/13/2012)
(Louisiana) -- The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians recently broke ground and construction is now underway for its new Casino in Grant Parish.
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Fighting Sioux
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Hobbs: State legislatures and college athletics don't mix
(2/9/2012)
(Louisiana) -- I see where some state legislatures are nosing into college athletics again. This is never a good thing — grandstanding politicians at best,...
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Federal Recognition
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Petition to bring attention to tribe’s plight fails
(12/1/2011)
(Louisiana) -- A petition aimed at bringing attention to the United Houma Nation’s decades-long quest for federal recognition failed to get enough signatures to...
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Full Tilt
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OP/ED: The Philibuster: Government regulation of online poker is inadequate
(9/24/2011)
(Louisiana) -- The U.S. Department of Justice declared itself "all in" Tuesday in its high-stakes battle against popular online poker room Full Tilt Poker,...
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Poker Tournament
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Poker series circuit events begin today
(9/8/2011)
(Louisiana) -- The name of the most popular card game going may be "Texas Hold'em," but Louisiana is where it all began. A few hundred miles northwest of...
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World Series of Poker coming to Bossier City
(7/22/2011)
(Louisiana) -- The World Series of Poker is making its way to Bossier City. The franchise's 16-city circuit tour will kick off Sept. 8, at the Horseshoe Casino...
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Gambling Expansion
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Margaritaville OK'd for Bossier
(8/24/2011)
(Louisiana) -- If Bossier Parish voters approve, "Wasting away in Margaritaville" could take on a new meaning in 2013. The state Gaming Control Board Thursday...
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Public Smoking
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Senate committee OKs bar smoking ban
(5/19/2011)
(Louisiana) -- Legislation that bans smoking in bars was approved 4-3 by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee Wednesday after an amendment was added that deleted a...
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Smoking ban progresses
(5/18/2011)
(Louisiana) -- Smoking would be banned in bars under a measure that squeaked out of a state Senate committee Wednesday afternoon. The Senate Health and Welfare Committee...
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Secondhand Smoke Lawsuit Seeks Class Action Status
(3/22/2011)
(Louisiana) -- The mother of a casino employee who died of cancer last year has filed a class action lawsuit against the owners of Harrah’s New Orleans Casino,...
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Other News
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Best Indian Food 2013: Coushatta Slow-Cooked Corn Soup
(5/23/2013)
(Louisiana) -- If there is an opposite to fast food, it might be the drinkable corn soup, chawahka, made by Jonas John, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, who lives on...
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Casinos win $35.8M less in April than in March
(5/20/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Louisiana’s state-regulated casinos all won less money in April than in March. The drop totals $35.8 million.
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Native American culture celebrated at pow wow
(5/19/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Native American culture was celebrated and possibly preserved Saturday at the 18th annual Tunica-Biloxi Pow Wow. Choctaw-Apache Princess Erica Samples...
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Alabama-Coushatta swear in law enforcement officers
(5/16/2013)
(Louisiana) -- One year after the Alabama-Coushatta Tribal Council hired their first police chief, they swore in nine fully certified Texas law enforcement officers that...
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AIF: Future of Gaming / Oklahoma Indian casinos impacting Shreveport-Bossier
(5/15/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Tomorrow, we'll learn just how much money area riverboats took in last month. The state Gaming Control board is scheduled to meet in Baton Rouge.
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Houma Nation still going strong
(5/15/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Capt. Chad Billiot is a member of the United Houma Nation, a Native American tribe that counts more than 10,000 Americans among its members, according to...
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La. casino revenue tops $2.4 billion in 2012
(5/6/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Louisiana’s 18 casinos took in $2.4 billion in revenue last year, a 1.3 percent increase over 2011, generated $579.5 million in state taxes and paid...
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Jazz Fest creates Native American ‘village’ with tribal music, dancing, food and art.
(5/5/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Mixed in among the jazz, Cajun, blues and zydeco flowing from the stages here are the singing, chanting and drumming of Native American acts featuring...
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Video poker industry forms association
(5/5/2013)
(Louisiana) -- The video poker industry has formed the Louisiana Video Gaming Association, with one of the group’s priorities being to head off increased taxes on...
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Video poker interests get organized
(5/5/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Video poker interests in Louisiana are organizing to fight possible taxes on the devices. That is a chief goal of the new Louisiana Video Gaming...
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Festival Tribes
(5/4/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Stumbling onto a Native American village after hours basking in the Jazz Fest sun (or rain) might have you thinking hallucination. Worry not.
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Mississippi Water Walkers Arrive in Louisiana With Water From the River's Source
(5/4/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Today the mouth of the Mississippi River will drink from its source, tasting its healthier beginning and, it is hoped, remembering and healing.
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Former Gov. Edwin Edwards gets a standing ovation at Louisiana Senate
(5/1/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards visited the state Legislature on Wednesday, where he urged lawmakers to pass a balanced budget and focus on programs...
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Two Shreveport-Bossier City casinos hiring this week
(4/30/2013)
(Louisiana) -- At least two of Shreveport-Bossier City's five riverboat casinos are hiring this week. Margaritaville Resort Casino in Bossier City will be...
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New Orleans Jazz Fest displays Native American graffiti-style murals
(4/27/2013)
(Louisiana) -- The New Orleans Jazz Fest will include graffiti-style murals by Arizona artists Douglas Miles and Thomas "Breeze" Marcus. The 2013 Fest places...
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Exchange Alley: Loretta Oden demonstrates Native American Foodways at New Orleans Jazz Fest
(4/23/2013)
(Louisiana) -- One of the last times Loretta Oden was in south Louisiana, she went bow fishing at night on an airboat. Before that, she attended the New Orleans Jazz and...
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Native American Cultural Exchange Pavilion
(4/23/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Grayhawk Perkins, a member of the United Houma Nation, has been a performer, storyteller and curator of Native American programming for the New Orleans...
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Marketing Team wins, included a Shiprock girl
(4/22/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Every company needs a marketing department, according to Cellone they were awarded with a ‘Excellence in Marketing Award’ at the Competitive...
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Native American Cultural Exchange Pavilion
(4/22/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Grayhawk Perkins, a member of the United Houma Nation, has been a performer, storyteller and curator of Native American programming for the New Orleans...
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La. March casino revenue rises to $232.2 million
(4/20/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Although Harrah's land-based casino in New Orleans won less from gamblers in March than it did both a month and a year earlier, increased winnings at...
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