When did the first casino open in tunica ms

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Gold Strike added a 31-story hotel, the tallest building in Mississippi, in 1997. Lady Luck opened 11 months later, and other casinos followed: Harrah’s in 1993 Treasure Bay, Hollywood, Circus Circus (now Gold Strike) and Fitzgerald’s in 1994 and so on. The first Tunica casino, Splash, opened in 1992. What were the original casinos in Tunica? In 2006, there were ten casinos in Tunica with 14,000 slot machines, 400 table games and 12,000 employees. Tunica has been on a long downward slide caused by competition from neighboring states.

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What happened to all the casinos in Tunica Mississippi?.What were the original casinos in Tunica?.

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