![]() ![]() Is it the physical location of The Horseshoe? Or does it include our property which is basically next door? Well, does that mean like in our property including The Roadhouse? So, define property. SH: Will you guys be offering at some point on-premises mobile wagering, which is allowed under the existing regulations as you know?ĬM: Yes, but we want to get the live retail stuff going first and then do that. Sports betting coming soon to Mississippi… ( Editor’s note: McConnell noted that Harrah’s Gulf Coast will be opening around the same time, too.): It’s not so much what’s the offering - they know what it is, but when’s it coming. When is it coming? I met with Lisa, who’s the GM over at the poker room and she goes, ‘We must get 20, 30 when is it gonna open?’ questions a day. Tons of people have been asking the poker supervisors and the staff over there. SH: Any sense of how much appetite there is now for sports betting in Mississippi based on people coming by and asking or calling in?ĬM : Well, let me tell you, as soon as we actually put up a few signs right around it, coming soon, you know, Horseshoe Tunica ‘The Book’ … we are literally quite adjacent to the World Series of Poker Room. Newbies, we have it set up that we’ll have training to assist new people as well as the experienced better. We understand that it’s a new experience for a lot of people and we have a lot of tips and handicapping things and a lot more information to hand out for people that don’t know what the lines mean and how to wager. We’re going to emphasize regional sports and wagering. From a waginerg standpoint, we can take larger wagers if we want to based upon pooling and everything. SH: What can patrons expect of betting menu and odds?ĬM : The Book and Caesars sportsbooks will coordinate across the country, so we’re going to be integrated. Anything they have in Vegas, we’re working on bringing it into The Book. What Caesars did here was seek people internally that had some background in that to alleviate downtime and to increase the training right off the bat. We’re trying to do it the right way for the customers, but also make sure people are properly trained. And I suspect when we go to do a launch, we’ll try to do it, a super soft launch like on a Monday. SH: On or about what date do you expect The Book will open?ĬM: We don’t have a hard date on that. Within The Book, there’s going to be five windows presently. And one of them, one of the things that we are going to be doing that’s a little bit different, because we are in SEC country, we’re probably going to do some regional proposition wagers, just for our property here. It’s going have 12 large screen TVs, sized from about 65 to to 75 inches.Īnd we’ll also have three large screen TVs for updated odds on sporting events. ’ It’s constructed adjacent to our World Series of Poker Bar and our poker room. Sports Handle (SH): Can you tell us what patrons can expect of physical sportsbook space?ĬM : First of all, it’s temporary space a right now, and we’re calling it ‘ The Book. Mississippi Sports Betting August Rollout: Caesars’ Horseshoe Tunica to Introduce ‘The Book,’ With Regional Props to Come The Caesars Palace Race & Sports Book in Las Vegas Sports Handle caught up with McConnell recently for a glimpse into preparations and some words about the wagering menu, the physical property, and an approximate opening. The Horseshoe’s Race & Sportsbook manager Chris McConnell has spent the last 20 years working in sports betting and racing operations or organizations. In mid-August, Gold Strike’s next door neighbor, The Horseshoe Tunica Hotel & Casino (a Caesars Entertainment property), will be off and running. MGM’s Beau Rivage in Biloxi and the Gold Strike in Tunica will go first, following the company’s announcement on Monday of a August 1 launch (Wednesday). As the calendar turns to August, we’l soon see the rollout of legal Mississippi sports betting at several of the dozen-plus properties that have applied for a license. ![]()
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