Crowd Packs IP Casino's Grand Reopening As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: "A crowd of impatient gamblers rushed into the IP Casino just after 11 a.m. Thursday, a reopening that was delayed two hours because of a glitch in the surveillance system. "…The casino's new poker room remained closed, but the surveillance cameras may be repaired in 24 to 48 hours, said Larry Gregory, executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. "…The people at the front of the lines included drive-in gamblers from Alabama and Florida. Air flights in and out of the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport are almost up to their pre-Katrina levels so gamblers also can fly into Biloxi…" |