And just like Mississippi the idea was just along the coast and along the Tennessee River (in the northern part of the state). By the time Mississippi allowed gambling the need to move wasn’t the norm anymore but there was still a restriction that limited it to areas near a major water source, which kept them from the more “conservative” inland areas.Īlabama, which only allows horse and dog tracks, has talked about adding casinos like Mississippi. The midwest casino boats originally couldn’t allow gambling until they left the docks. When riverboat gambling took off, these fears were still present.
But like in most other cases, nearby communities feared the moral and criminal problems that are often claimed to be part of gambling. Atlantic City was a resort town that had seen its better days. Because at the time that most of these casinos openned most communities didn’t want them.
