By
Associated Press.
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Published: Mon, February 04, 2008 - 8:36 pm
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Senate voted Monday tolimit legalized gambling to only the seven counties that already
have casinos.
The bill passed 36-14 and was held for the possibility of more
debate. It would have to move to the House before it could go to
the governor.
Mississippi first legalized dockside gambling in the early
1990s, and state law since then has limited state-regulated casinos
to counties along the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
Currently, five of the 11 river counties and two of the three
coastal counties have casinos. The Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians operates two casinos in central Mississippi's Neshoba
County, but those are not regulated by the state.
The bill that cleared the Senate would prohibit casinos from
opening in DeSoto, Bolivar, Issaquena, Claiborne, Jefferson and
Wilkinson counties along the river and Jackson County on the coast.
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The bill is Senate Bill 2199.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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