Is Hollywood Casino On A Boat

The Casino Queen, a riverboat casino formerly located on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River near St. Louis

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Casino Boat on the Mississippi River, Natchez, Mississippi
Sam's Town riverboat casino on the Red River, Shreveport, Louisiana

A riverboat casino is a type of casino on a riverboat found in several states in the United States with frontage on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, or along the Gulf Coast. Several states authorized this type of casino in order to enable gaming but limit the areas where casinos could be constructed; it was a type of legal fiction as the riverboats were seldom if ever taken away from the dock.

History[edit]

Paddlewheel riverboats had long been used on the Mississippi River and its tributaries to transport passengers and freight. After railroads largely superseded them, in the 20th century, they were more frequently used for entertainment excursions, sometimes for several hours, than for passage among riverfront towns. They were often a way for people to escape the heat of the town, as well as to enjoy live music and dancing. Gambling was also common on the riverboats, in card games and via slot machines.

When riverboat casinos were first approved in the late 20th century by the states, which generally prohibited gaming on land, these casinos were required to be located on ships that could sail away from the dock. In some areas, gambling was allowed only when the ship was sailing, as in the traditional excursions. They were approved in states with frontage along the Mississippi and its tributaries, including Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri.

As an example, in 1994 Missouri voters approved amending the state constitution to allow 'games of chance' on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. By 1998, 'according to the state Gaming Commission, just three of the 16 operations comprising Missouri's $652-million riverboat gambling industry [were] clearly on the main river channel.' The state supreme court had ruled that boats had to be 'solely over and in contact with the surface' of the rivers.[1] Several casinos had been located on riverboats located in a moat or an area with water adjacent to a navigable waterway, leading them to be referred to as 'boats in moats.'[1] The state legislatures were unwilling to give up the revenues generated by gambling. Over time, they allowed gaming casinos to be built on stilts but they still had to be over navigable water.

Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which destroyed most riverboat casinos and their associated facilities of hotels, restaurants, etc., in states along the Gulf Coast, several states changed their enabling legislation or amended constitutions. They permitted such casinos to be built on land within certain geographic limits from a navigable waterway. Most of Mississippi's Gulf Coast riverboat casinos have been rebuilt since the hurricane.

References[edit]

  1. ^ abSloca, Paul (18 January 1998). 'Missouri's 'Boats in Moats' Get That Sinking Feeling'. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

External links[edit]

  • Partial listing of permanently moored casinos, DeJong and Lebet, Inc., Naval Architects and Marine Designers
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L'Auberge Casino Resort

This is a list of casinos in Louisiana.

List of casinos[edit]

List of casinos in the U.S. state of Louisiana[1]
CasinoCityParishStateDistricttypeComments
Amelia BelleAmeliaSt. MaryLouisianaRiverboatFormerly Bally's, Belle of Orleans.
Belle of Baton RougeBaton RougeEast Baton RougeLouisianaRiverboatFormerly Argosy Casino.
Boomtown Bossier CityBossier CityBossierLouisianaRiverboatFormerly Casino Magic.
Boomtown New OrleansHarveyJeffersonLouisianaRiverboat
Coushatta Casino ResortKinderAllenLouisianaNative AmericanFormerly Grand Casino Coushatta.
Cypress Bayou CasinoCharentonSt. MaryLouisianaNative American
Delta DownsVintonCalcasieuLouisianaRacino
Diamond Jacks Casino Bossier CityBossier CityBossierLouisianaRiverboatFormerly Isle of Capri.
Eldorado ShreveportShreveportCaddoLouisianaRiverboatFormerly Hollywood Casino.
Evangeline DownsOpelousasSt. LandryLouisianaRacino
Fair Grounds Race CourseNew OrleansOrleansLouisianaRacino
Flamingo Casino New OrleansNew OrleansOrleansLouisianaRiverboatClosed 1997.[2]
Golden Nugget Lake CharlesLake CharlesCalcasieuLouisianaRiverboat
Harrah's Lake CharlesLake CharlesCalcasieuLouisianaRiverboatClosed 2005.[3] Formerly Players Island.
Harrah's Louisiana DownsBossier CityBossierLouisianaRacino
Harrah's New OrleansNew OrleansOrleansLouisianaLand-based
Hollywood Casino Baton RougeBaton RougeEast Baton RougeLouisianaRiverboatFormerly Casino Rouge.
Horseshoe Bossier CityBossier CityBossierLouisianaRiverboat
Isle of Capri Casino Lake CharlesWestlakeCalcasieuLouisianaRiverboat
Jena Choctaw Pines CasinoDry ProngGrantLouisianaNative American
L'Auberge Casino Resort Lake CharlesLake CharlesCalcasieuLouisianaRiverboat
L'Auberge Casino Baton RougeBaton RougeEast Baton RougeLouisianaRiverboat
Margaritaville Resort CasinoBossier CityBossierLouisianaRiverboat
Paragon Casino ResortMarksvilleAvoyellesLouisianaNative AmericanFormerly Grand Casino Avoyelles.
River City CasinoNew OrleansOrleansLouisianaRiverboatClosed 1995.
Sam's Town ShreveportShreveportCaddoLouisianaRiverboatFormerly Harrah's.
Showboat Star CasinoNew OrleansOrleansLouisianaRiverboatClosed 1995.[4]
Treasure Chest CasinoKennerJeffersonLouisianaRiverboat

Gallery[edit]

Casino
  • Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall

See also[edit]

Hollywood Casino In Baton Rouge Louisiana

References[edit]

  1. ^http://louisiana.casinocity.com/casinos/
  2. ^B. Drummond Ayres Jr. (October 14, 1997). 'In New Orleans, the house loses'. New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  3. ^Steve Green (November 4, 2009). 'Appeals court sides with Harrah's, Pinnacle in Louisiana case'. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
  4. ^'Louisiana's first riverboat heading for Texas border'. The Paris News. AP. March 14, 1995. Retrieved 2014-12-09.

Hollywood Casino In Baton Rouge Water

External links[edit]

All Hollywood Casino Locations

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