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Star Casino:
Louisiana's First
Riverboat Casino
director of security, claims that the
entire Star Casino complex is moni-
tored and patrolled 24 hours a day
to ensure the safety of employees
and guests.
The Star Casino operator is the
well-known casino company Show-
boat, Inc., an operation with suc-
cessful gaming establishments in At-
lantic City and Las Vegas.
Keith Wallace, former general
manager of the Showboat Casino in
Las Vegas, will serve as executive
vice president and chief operating
officer.
Mr. Wallace has played a major
role in the start-up of Star Casino,
and his history of casino manage-
ment experience qualifies him to di-
rect the Star Casino team.
A black-tie celebration was held
at the Star Casino Terminal at South
Shore Harbor on Lake Pontchartrain
in New Orleans, La. in late October.
A formal christening ceremony for
the 19th century paddlewheel rep-
lica was held at the terminal with
state and local dignitaries partici-
pating. Governor Edwin W.
Edwards, Mayor Sidney
Barthelemy, Senate President
Sammy Nunez, and Speaker of the
House John Alario joined the Hon
orable Robert G. Harvey, presi
dent, Board of Commissioners of thi
Orleans Levee District, and Mr
Roussel to dedicate the boat and t<
officially open Star Casino, followec
by a fireworks display over Lake
Pontchartrain, the largest single
lake in the U.S., where the Stai
Casino will operate 365 days a year,
Star Casino officially opened for
business on November 8.
The gaming vessel market has
been gaining support across the U.S.,
with Indiana's recent legalization of
riverboat gaming prompting 28 ap-
plications for that state's 11 licenses.
Other states are not far behind,
and sources within the industry es-
timate that Ohio and Texas are two
states likely to join the riverboat
gaming ranks soon.
Louisiana, which has been one of
the more active states legislatively
from the beginning of the boom, will
one day have 15 riverboat gaming
vessels licensed in the state, as dic-
tated by current law.
The gaming vessel market has
obviously resulted in a much-needed
boost for many shipyards attempt-
ing to make the change from the
Navy business of the past to the
booming commercial business of the
future. Equipment manufacturers
have also profited from the extra
business, a testimony to that being
the Star Casino's impressive equip-
ment list.
The following manufacturers
helped make the Star Casino a real-
ity in just eight months:
Main engines Caterpillar
Generator engines Caterpillar
Thrusters Thrustmaster
Thruster engines Caterpillar
Generators Kato
Engine controls Thrustmaster
Steering controls Thrustmaster
Deck machinery McElroy Capstan
Coatings Devoe
VHF radio Raytheon
Radar Raytheon
Compass Ritchie
Bilge pump Gould
Fire pump G&L
Other equipment IGT slot machines
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West Virginia Passes
Riverboat Gaming In 1994
The West Virginia Riverboat
Gaming Association (WVRGA)
announced that West Virginia
will be the next state to allow
riverboat gaming. The WVRGA
is a statewide trade organization
of riverboat gaming operators,
related interests and profession-
als committed to riverboat gam-
ing excellence through its repre-
sentation of the industry.
For more information on
WVRGA,
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