DOT COM OR DOWNLOAD THE 16 WAPT MOBILE APP TO STAY IN THE KNOW. IT'S THE END OF AN ERA IN TUNICA. A LONGTIME CASINO IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED. SAM'S TOWN HOTEL AND GAMBLING HALL POSTED THE ANNOUNCEMENT ...
It’s not every day a casino goes out of business. But that’s what happened with Sam’s Town Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, which closed after 31 years. This closure is a big moment in Tunica’s casino ...
The story of Tunica, Mississippi, reads like a modern fable of ambition and decline. Once among the poorest counties in America, it rose almost overnight in the 1990s to become a glittering gaming ...