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...will be moored in a "floating exhibition" at Port Hercule. But be warned: speechless envy of how the other half lives is the typical gut response to seeing these waterborne palaces for the first time. Get used to it, or pray for a windfall at the casino...
...independent movie The Cooler, a sentimental story about an unlucky casino employee and his girlfriend, had just been smacked with an NC-17 classification - no one under 17 allowed to attend - by the ratings board of the Motion Picture Association of America. The film's offending passage was a tender love scene between William H. Macy and Maria Bello that included the briefest glimpse of the actors' genitals...
...Katrina's tidal surge brought about four feet of water into the main public area of the casino, but the entire structure has been renovated and refreshed from top to bottom, said Nourse. Unlike other gambling barges, which rode the tidal waters, the Beau Rivage spent $25 million during initial construction to semi-submerge its barge, like offshore oil platforms. Because its barge was not moved by Katrina, it will continue to be used for gaming...
...Already this month, three additional casinos have reopened their doors. The Grand Casino in Biloxi opened its 500-room hotel with a smaller version of a casino on its third floor. Definitely less lavish than its forerunner, the casino has its entrance on the third floor of the parking garage, but so many people flocked to the casino that patrons often waited up to an hour for their valet-parked cars. Three days after opening, few seats were available at slot machines, card tables or roulette wheels, and the line for the casino's popular buffet stretched well into...
...Like many Biloxians, she often eats at casino buffets because Katrina destroyed the majority of the city's restaurants. "To see these casinos reopen with improvements and to know that more are on the way," she says, "is the biggest economic hope we have for the future...