A player won more than $1 million on Aug. 1 and the winning hasn’t stopped, with jackpots at four different casinos in the Biloxi area this month.

“This is such a momentous occasion not only for the airport, but for all of Coastal Mississippi,” said Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport executive director Clay Williams. “The Beau ...

This is a republishing of the Sun Herald’s first story after Hurricane Katrina’s landfall on the Mississippi Coast.

Mississippi legalized gambling in 1990 but by law casinos must be on barges floating on either the Gulf of Mexico or the Mississippi River. The present bill only includes Gulf Coast casinos.