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237:(later Pinnacle Entertainment), which bought Casino Magic Corp. for $ 340 million. Pinnacle quickly sold off the Bay St. Louis property, along with its Boomtown Biloxi casino, enabling it to focus resources on Casino Magic Biloxi. Plans included two new parking garages to be built jointly with the Isle of Capri and Grand Casino, and an additional 300-room hotel, possibly to be developed with
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1309:"Margaritaville returning to Biloxi, without a casino"
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1035:"Everyone out: New Orleans drenched and desperate"
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380:"3 Biloxi casinos extend marketing partnership"
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324:Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant
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1006:"Biloxi Bay casinos crash ashore"
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