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Story In Wall Street Journal About Atmore Casino
February 4, 2010
Thursday’s Wall Street Journal features a story about the Wind Creek Casino & Hotel in Atmore.
The story details the battle over gambling raging in Alabama courts, and the battle for Southern dollars between Atmore and Biloxi, including the surprise that the operators of casinos in Biloxi had when the 178-foot long Wind Creek blimp recently floated over their establishments on the Mississippi Coast
In the WSJ article, Wind Creek executives would not reveal any details about their bottom line, but said business is better than expected, one year after the $245 million facility opened.
To read the Wall Street Journal article, click here.
Pictured: The Wind Creek Casino & Hotel in Atmore. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
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12 Responses to “Story In Wall Street Journal About Atmore Casino”
What’s the difference in spending a dollar on a raffle ticket and putting a dollar in a slot machine?
That Casino MAY be legal in some peoples eyes but not in mine. It is slowly killing the Atmore area and the idiots (like me) that go or went out there. Who gets rich??? Surely not us! We run to the pay day/title cash loan places – which should be outlawed also!
The politics around the issue of gambling in Alabama has been entertaining, watching those politicos distort themselves they way some know how to do. Here’s a nibble
http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2010/02/stench-from-anti-gambling-task-force.html
Way to go Poarch Creek!
Brilliant move to fly over Biloxi. The person who came up with that idea sould be employee of the year.
If you would like to learn more about the history of the Poarch Creek Indians and their ancestors and about all the hardships they have faced since the 1700’s to get to where they are at today, then go to this link below and learn.
http://www.poarchcreekindians-nsn.gov/xhtml/culture.htm
I personally do not gamble because I have seen what gambling can do to those who are prone to addictions and to their families. But if the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and all other Indian bands have found a legal, profitable way to survive and take care of their own people, considering all that Indians were put through and had taken from them in the past because of the American Government, then I say more power too them.
Hey atmore has jobs now, why can’t we find some indian land around century maybe down at the river!!!!
Honestly, what would Atmore do without the casino? Well, for starters, a lot of jobs would be lost. All the “out of towners” would not be bringing in money to the town. And what about all the new stuff just built out there at the interstate exit? Yup, that’s right, why stop if there is nothing to do?!?
I think pot & gambling should both be legalized in all 50 states. The jobs that come with both would help our community out and the tax dollars would be great for the schools.
I personally see nothing wrong with going to any of these casino’s to have some fun, get out of the house to do something. If you can afford to do so. At least it gives people something to do, whereas they could be out doing some wrong rather than trying to earn a little more money than they went in with… No different than playing the lottery or powerball, hey why not take your chances to win some money…
I know that gambling is not exactly a good thing to do. But there are people who do it for entertainment and seem to enjoy it. If someone goes there with a given number of dollars that they can afford to loose and can walk away without taken food out of their families mouths or lose their home, etc., then I guess that’s between them and the Good Lord. It’s when they become so addicted that they lose sight of reality that it becomes a problem. Same as with the Lottery in Florida. As for having it in Alabama, what’s the difference in that or them going to Mississippi if they are going to do it somewhere? As for the Native Americans~ I say, good for them…they deserve breaks if anyone does! People from foreign countries come here all the time with huge incentives and tax breaks. . . they come here to take over businesses for practically nothing to make big money and send it back to their homeland… much of it tax free, so I’ve been told. So, if the native Americans can find a loophole or grants to help them accomplish something for their people~ I say, “Go for it!”
I am opposed to gambling, but the gaming at Wind Creek is legal, and regulated by federal law, as it is on Federal Indian Trust Land. I am also opposed to abortion also, but sadly it is legal. There have been no laws bent for WC to operate. Truth.
this is a good example of how the laws are bent or ignored for those with enough money and or deciet. these are not bingo machines give me a break and god only knows what other deciet is hidden away .What is wrong with our government ?? the rich get richer and laws well I hold gods laws near me not mans laws .