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Arkansas casinos won a total of $177 million dollars during the first three months of the year, up 23% for the same period a year ago. Southland Casino Hotel in West Memphis brought in the most cash at $84.4 million for the January through March period, up 25% from $66.7 million last year. Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff won $46.6 million for…

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The combined total win for Arkansas' casinos in 2022 was $614 million, up nearly 9% from $564.79 million in 2021, according to information provided by Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. Southland Casino Hotel in West Memphis reported the largest total win with $292.78 million last year, up nearly 11% from $264 million in 2021.…

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Casinos win $60B in best-ever year

Commercial casinos in the United States won more than $60 billion from gamblers in 2022, the best year in the industry's history. Figures released Wednesday by the American Gaming Association, the gambling industry's national trade group, show that in-person gambling remains the bread-and-butter of the industry, accounting for more than 80% of its…

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Arkansas Problem Gambling Council will work as state racing commission’s treatment provider for Arkansans with gambling disorders

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Saracen Casino launches new million-dollar slot machine

New progressive slot machines launched on Tuesday. The machines are linked to Vegas, meaning the jackpots are bigger, by six or seven figures. "The biggest jackpot paid in Arkansas reported history is $93000. That was here," Saracen Casino Chief Marketing Officer Carlton Saffa said. "The machine behind me, right now, it's a penny machine and the…

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Arkansas Racing Commission Approves Wide Area Jackpot Systems

The Arkansas Racing Commission has approved a pitch by the Saracen Casino in Pine Bluff, to link the state's gambling machines with those from other states. This decision is possible thanks to a ruling against the Wire Act that briefly threatened to upset cross-border gambling during the Trump administration. With the pesky piece of legislation…

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The Arkansas Democrat

Commission gives Arkansas casinos OK to pursue multi-state, progressive jackpot games on slot machines

The Arkansas Racing Commission on Thursday authorized Arkansas' casinos to contract with companies that offer multistate, progressive jackpot games on slot machines. The commission's action clears the way for the Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff to contract with IGT for the multijurisdictional wide area progressive system MegaJackpots. With the…

Winnings ・ 30 September 2022

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Arkansas: Commission approves multi-state slot machine jackpot games; Saracen Casino to contract with IGT

The Arkansas Racing Commission authorized Thursday state casinos to sign agreements with companies that offer multistate, progressive jackpot games on slot machines; thus allowing for the Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff to contract with IGT for the multijurisdictional wide area progressive system MegaJackpots. With the commission's…

Winnings ・ 23 September 2022

Arkansas Times

Racing Commission approves system for mutli-state machine gambling jackpots

The Arkansas Racing Commission today approved a proposal from the Saracen Casino in Pine Bluff for a system that links gambling machines in Arkansas to machines in other states and thus creates a potential for large jackpots,sometimes as high as six or seven figures. The machine vendor IGT would oversee the so-called wide area progressive system.…

Lottery ・ 22 September 2022

The Arkansas Democrat

Smoking bans in casinos studied

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Arkansas Times

Arkansas dice are out: I went gambling at the state's three operating casinos and didn't lose. Much.

For me, casino gaming is all about timing. If I walk up to the craps table and everyone looks sad and dejected, I just saunter away full of false self-confidence, pretending my hair is blowing in the casino oxygen. If the people at the table look like they're in a Saracen Casino commercial, laughing and high-fiving, I boldly enter. Unfortunately,…

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The Arkansas Democrat

Saracen Casino celebrates 1 year

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Travel ・ 24 October 2021

The Arkansas Democrat

Early going suggests Saracen bet a winner

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Travel ・ 07 May 2021

The Arkansas Democrat

Governor, hundreds more get sneak preview of casino

From the outside, Saracen Casino Resort still has vestiges of the active construction site it has been since August of last year, but on the inside, the state's largest purpose-built casino could sit alongside any Las Vegas or Gulf Coast gambling palace and be right at home. From the brand-new, state-of-the-art slot machines to the seven…

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Arkansas Times

Saracen Casino Resort goes all in on dining

Every time my friends and I arrive at a casino in the Delta region, there's a palpable excitement. We know good things are about to happen. Parking lot high-fives are followed by hyperbolic gambling predictions. "Those pit bosses are gonna wish they'd never seen us coming," one of us will say. Never mind the fact that we're all terrible gamblers…

Travel ・ 07 May 2021

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Saracen Casino officially opens in Pine Bluff

Step right up and place your bets because the highly anticipated Saracen Casino is finally a reality in Pine Bluff. PINE BLUFF, Ark. - Step right up and place your bets because the highly anticipated Saracen Casino is finally a reality in Pine Bluff. It opened Thursday afternoon during a soft-opening event after a two-years long process. "It's nice…

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Gaming Wins Are Still Low at Arkansas Casinos

While casino revenue across states continues to improve, that of Arkansas casinos is still low. The Saracen Casino Resort is the only gaming facility in the state with better results than other casinos. The profit accumulated in May was better than April's, making this casino the only one with good improvement. Ideally, Saracen casino collected…

Travel ・ 19 June 2021