Ms Casino Vessel
The below schedule and dining options have been temporarily suspended.
Our buffet service has been temporarily suspended and only à la carte service will be available.
À la carte must be purchased on the ship.
MS Gulf Coast casino sues insurer over failure to cover millions in COVID-19 losses November 20, 2020, 5:50 AM. Business Two jackpots won at two Biloxi casinos in one month Casino Gambling. The vessel was built as an all welded steel gaming vessel complying with provisions of USCG Subchapter H (CFR 46, Parts 70. A curious fact is that as 'MS Grand Holiday', the vessel was chartered as a hotel ship in Port Sochi Russia during Winter Olympics 2014 (February 5-24, 2014). As 'CMV Magellan', the vessel was again chartered as a hotel ship in Newport Wales (South Dock) during 2017 UEFA Champions League Final in Cardiff (June 2017).
- MSC Cruises is a Swiss-registered, global cruise line with headquarters in Geneva. MSC Cruises is the world's largest privately owned cruise company, employing 16,300 people worldwide and having offices in 45 countries as of July 2014.
- “ This casino is on what I call casino row, meaning there are several casinos very close and in good weather within walking distance of each other. “ There was a large variety of games to keep us entertained for hours.
We are voluntarily closing on Mondays and Tuesdays, on a temporary basis,
in order to provide ample opportunity for additional deep cleaning of all Victory facilities.
The departing and arrival times, listed below, for Wednesday thru Sunday cruises remains the same.
Victory I Cruise Schedule: Boarding is one hour prior to departure | ||
| Departs | Returns | |
| Monday thru Saturday AM Cruises | 11 AM | 4:15 PM* |
| Sunday thru Thursday PM Cruises | 7 PM | 12:30 AM* |
| Friday PM Cruise | 7 PM | 1 AM* |
| Saturday PM Cruise | 7 PM | 1 AM* |
| Sunday Day Cruise | Noon | 6 PM* |
| *All return times are approximate. | ||
Victory I Pricing Per Person For Cruise (Includes Port Fee/Parking/Federal Tax) | |||
| Boarding | Advance Dining | Dining Purchase On Ship | |
| Monday thru Saturday AM Cruises | $13 | $15 | $17.50 |
| Sunday thru Tuesday PM Cruises | $13 | À La Carte Menu Available Only | |
| Wednesday and Thursday PM Cruises | $13 | $15 | $17.50 |
| Friday and Saturday PM Cruises | $13 | $20 | $22.50 |
| Sunday Noon Cruise | $13 | $20 | $22.50 |
| Buffet may have special pricing on holidays and special events. Atlantic Café is available on the Sunday Noon cruise, Monday AM cruise, Tuesday AM cruise and Wednesday through Saturday AM & PM cruises. Buffet is not available on the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday PM cruises. À la Carte menu is available, for your dining needs, on Deck 1 everyday. | |||
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Minimum Age: 18 years of age to sail and/or gamble, 21 years of age to consume alcohol. Valid Government I.D. Required.
Proper attire required (shoes and shirts).
Wheelchair and handicap scooter accessible (except for Transportation for scooters). We have 3 elevators on board and we also have a marine crew that will be happy to assist you up and down the ramp; if necessary. If you require a wheelchair during the cruise, you would need to provide your own.
A riverboat casino is a type of casino on a riverboat found in several states in the United States with frontage on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, or along the Gulf Coast. Several states authorized this type of casino in order to enable gambling but limit the areas where casinos could be constructed; it was a type of legal fiction as the riverboats were seldom if ever taken away from the dock.
History[edit]
Paddlewheel riverboats had long been used on the Mississippi River and its tributaries to transport passengers and freight. After railroads largely superseded them, in the 20th century, they were more frequently used for entertainment excursions, sometimes for several hours, than for passage among riverfront towns. They were often a way for people to escape the heat of the town, as well as to enjoy live music and dancing. Gambling was also common on the riverboats, in card games and via slot machines.
When riverboat casinos were first approved in the late 20th century by the states, which generally prohibited gaming on land, these casinos were required to be located on ships that could sail away from the dock. In some areas, gambling was allowed only when the ship was sailing, as in the traditional excursions. They were approved in states with frontage along the Mississippi and its tributaries, including Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri. Illinois also allowed limited riverboat casinos in the Chicago metropolitan area, which has a Mississippi River connection through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, while Northwest Indiana has three 'riverboat' casinos in harbors along Lake Michigan.
As an example, in 1994 Missouri voters approved amending the state constitution to allow 'games of chance' on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. By 1998, 'according to the state Gaming Commission, just three of the 16 operations comprising Missouri's $652-million riverboat gambling industry [were] clearly on the main river channel.' The state supreme court had ruled that boats had to be 'solely over and in contact with the surface' of the rivers.[1] Several casinos had been located on riverboats located in a moat or an area with water adjacent to a navigable waterway, leading them to be referred to as 'boats in moats.'[1] The state legislatures were unwilling to give up the revenues generated by gambling. Over time, they allowed gaming casinos to be built on stilts, though with the requirement they had to be over navigable water.
Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which destroyed most riverboat casinos and their associated facilities of hotels, restaurants, etc., in states along the Gulf Coast, several states changed their enabling legislation or amended constitutions. They permitted such casinos to be built on land within certain geographic limits from a navigable waterway. Most of Mississippi's Gulf Coast riverboat casinos have been rebuilt on beachfronts with solid foundation systems since the hurricane.
References[edit]
- ^ abSloca, Paul (18 January 1998). 'Missouri's 'Boats in Moats' Get That Sinking Feeling'. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
External links[edit]
- Partial listing of permanently moored casinos, DeJong and Lebet, Inc., Naval Architects and Marine Designers