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A riverboat casino is a type of casino on a riverboat found in several states in the United States with frontage on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, or along the Gulf Coast. Several states authorized this type of casino in order to enable gambling but limit the areas where casinos could be constructed; it was a type of legal fiction as the riverboats were seldom if ever taken away from the dock.
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Paddlewheel riverboats had long been used on the Mississippi River and its tributaries to transport passengers and freight. After railroads largely superseded them, in the 20th century, they were more frequently used for entertainment excursions, sometimes for several hours, than for passage among riverfront towns. They were often a way for people to escape the heat of the town, as well as to enjoy live music and dancing. Gambling was also common on the riverboats, in card games and via slot machines.
When riverboat casinos were first approved in the late 20th century by the states, which generally prohibited gaming on land, these casinos were required to be located on ships that could sail away from the dock. In some areas, gambling was allowed only when the ship was sailing, as in the traditional excursions. They were approved in states with frontage along the Mississippi and its tributaries, including Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri. Illinois also allowed limited riverboat casinos in the Chicago metropolitan area, which has a Mississippi River connection through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, while Northwest Indiana has three 'riverboat' casinos in harbors along Lake Michigan.
Cruise into the Treasure Island Marina and enjoy a ships store, 30 & 50 amp service, restrooms & showers, pump-out service, unleaded & diesel fuel, a beach and park area with fire pits, horseshoe pits & volleyball, boat launch, cable TV ($5 per night), free Wi-Fi, 50% admissions discount to The Lagoon and free shuttle service to and from the casino. (a) On a cruise vessel as defined in Section 27-109-1 whenever such vessel is in the waters within the State of Mississippi, which lie adjacent to the State of Mississippi south of the three (3) most southern counties in the State of Mississippi, including the Mississippi Sound, St. Louis Bay, Biloxi Bay and Pascagoula Bay. The ship that chartered a new path for Mississippi's casino industry is gone. On Friday, tug boats pushed the Copa Casino's old vessel out to sea. It's next stop may be the Caribbean.
As an example, in 1994 Missouri voters approved amending the state constitution to allow 'games of chance' on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. By 1998, 'according to the state Gaming Commission, just three of the 16 operations comprising Missouri's $652-million riverboat gambling industry [were] clearly on the main river channel.' The state supreme court had ruled that boats had to be 'solely over and in contact with the surface' of the rivers.[1] Several casinos had been located on riverboats located in a moat or an area with water adjacent to a navigable waterway, leading them to be referred to as 'boats in moats.'[1] The state legislatures were unwilling to give up the revenues generated by gambling. Over time, they allowed gaming casinos to be built on stilts, though with the requirement they had to be over navigable water.
Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which destroyed most riverboat casinos and their associated facilities of hotels, restaurants, etc., in states along the Gulf Coast, several states changed their enabling legislation or amended constitutions. They permitted such casinos to be built on land within certain geographic limits from a navigable waterway. Most of Mississippi's Gulf Coast riverboat casinos have been rebuilt on beachfronts with solid foundation systems since the hurricane.
References[edit]
- ^ abSloca, Paul (18 January 1998). 'Missouri's 'Boats in Moats' Get That Sinking Feeling'. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
External links[edit]
- Partial listing of permanently moored casinos, DeJong and Lebet, Inc., Naval Architects and Marine Designers
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Three injured when pleasure boat crashed into freigher
On Nov 22, 2013, at 4 a.m. a 25-ft-pleasure boat was in collision with the 'Kongsvaag' in Bergen near the Askøy Bridge, outside the Esso plant in Kjøkkelvik. One person on the boat was badly injured, and two other suffered minor injuries. The injured have been transported to the Haukeland University Hospital by ambulance. All persons in the boat were accounted for. The lifeboat 'Kristian Gerhard Jebsen' went alongside the casualty, also the Norwegian Coastguard, the police, fire rescue and ambulance attended. The boat has run into the side of the freighter by yet unknown reasons. The police towed the boat to shore and launched an investigation. The cargo ship docked in Kjøkkelvik. Officers of the Bergen west police station started questioning the captain and others on board the freighter. Police have routinely taken a routine breath test by the captain of the cargo ship. The heavily damaged recreational boat was being examined by crime technicians. A patrol was sent to the Haukeland hospital to interrogate the three men to take blood samples. Norwegian reports with photos: http://www.redningsselskapet.no/forsiden/dramatisk-kollisjon-i-bergen http://www.ba.no/nyheter/article6998255.ece http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Tre-skadd-i-batkollisjon-ved-Askoy-3010636.html
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The first officer had fallen asleep and another crewmember had coffee break when the 'Kongsvaag' slammed into the Fløysundholmen at Austre Bokn in Rogaland on Aug 3, states the Norwegian Maritime Directorate's report on the incident. The chief officer was on duty on the bridge with another man when the ship was scheduled to change course a few degrees to starboard, when it passed Boknahove l/h. But the mate had fallen asleep, and the second had left the bridge. So the shio went straight ahead until it struck at 5:18 a.m. The 'Kongsvaag' came from Odda and was underway to Årdal in Ryfylke when she ran aground.
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Vessel 'Kongsvaag' grounded early morning Aug 3 on Bokn in Rogaland, Norway. According to captain no injuries to the crew of seven and no pollition. The vessel will be refloated on next high tide. Rescuevessel 'Bergen Kreds' is in the area. Norwegian newspaper-raport: http://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/nordfylket/Frakteskuta-MS-Kongsvaag-str-p-grunn-2844843.html
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