Mississippi and Gulf Coast casinos wiped out

August 30

At this time reports are still foggy, but it is becoming quite clear that Hurricane Katrina has devastated the Gulf Coast. With hundreds of thousands of people without a home or job, the online gambling industry as a whole feels saddened by the massive upheaval the hurricane has caused.

As many of you know, Louisiana and Mississippi are known for their casinos. From Lake Charles to the Mississippi Coast, there were dozens of casino resorts. As of yet we are not sure if any of the Lake Charles are casinos sustained major damage, but it is certain that the Mississippi casinos are wiped out.

One news crew witnessed the Palace Casino resort on the Mississippi Coast slide into the Gulf. The casino resort had over 200 rooms and a casino floor bigger than 14,000 square feet. Most of the other casinos were completely destroyed others nearly the same. None operable at all. The Beau Rivage seemed to be the only very recognizable casino left, but it was trashed nonetheless.

With the effected area's entire economy at stake, we can't help but wonder what will happen to the gambling economy in that region. Mississippi alone, counts on the more than 8 major casinos that were docked on it's shores, to generate economic stability. one thing is for sure, it will m=be months before we see any positive come out of this unprecedented mess.

Not only do the gambling casino workers not have jobs, most of them (who survived) have no homes. Hopefully the online gambling community all over the world will keep the people of the Gulf region in there thoughts and prayers.