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![]() ![]() Six months ago, Arkansas approved four casinos. For Tunica, the most recent competition is coming from Arkansas. Like all states with gaming, Mississippi faces more competition in 2019 than it did in 1990 or even in 2005. Certainly, the business environment is never static, and competition is one of the major forces in any industry. However, nothing in the economy or business stays the same over a period of decades. In general, they think of in terms of today’s problems and apply today’s solutions. Mississippi lawmakers were not alone in their shortsightedness lawmakers tend to think in the present tense. ![]() Twenty-nine years ago no one was thinking about competition from neighboring states or any of the other changes that occurred in those years. When Mississippi legalized riverboat gambling in 1990, legislators were interested in tax revenue, rejuvenating the poorest regions of the state and the economic boost that jobs, construction and tourism would bring to the Magnolia State. ![]()
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