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The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss., Timothy Boone Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2002
By Timothy Boone, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 20--Just outside the city limits of my hometown of Marksville, La., there used to be a place called Dominique's Cow Palace. Every Thursday, there was a livestock auction at the cow palace and the gravel parking lot would be filled with beat-up Ford trucks and cattle trailers.
Dominique's is no more. Eight years ago, the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe opened up a huge casino there.
Now, when I go back to Marksville to visit my parents, instead of seeing the sky-blue letters of the cow palace, I see the Paragon Casino marquee, lighted up with the names of upcoming entertainers and big winners.
More than 500 hotel rooms are on the property, along with...
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