Casino Closed

Grand Station Casino in Vicksburg, Miss. has closed. The hotel remains open. News article about the closing here

The Horizon Vicksburg has been sold by Tropicana Entertainment to Delta Investments & Development LLC. The new name of the casino is the Grand Station Hotel & Casino.

Horizon offers double free play instead of cash back, and you can use the free play on some quarter J/B machines that return 99.7%. The casino is rather seedy, but has the best VP in Vicksburg. The paytable for the 99.7 25-cents JB at Horizon Vicksburg is as follows: RF - 4000 (progressive, usually hits at 4800-5400 coins, usually about 2-3 times a day) SF - 260 coins (progressive, often gets above $80.00) 4 of a kind - 200 coins (progressive, but rarely gets higher than $51.50) Full House - 35 coins Flush - 25 coins Straight - 20-coins 3 of a kind - 15 coins 2 pair - 10-coins Jacks or better - 5 coins. There are only ten machines, all coinless. The $1 progressive Jacks or Better is a typical 9/6 pay schedule; only the royal is progressive. However, those machines still use the dollar tokens and will not accumulate more than 400 credits.

The (8) $1 PROG 9/6 JOB have been moved to the first floor.

Harrah's in Vicksburg was sold and is now Horizon Casino Hotel, 1310 Mulberry Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180 - (601) 636-DICE. At present, their game inventory remains unchanged. $15 coin-in to earn a point for video poker and $10 for slots. Website: www.horizonvicksburg.com.

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Harrah's Vicksburg Hotel and Casino will become Horizon Casino if the state Gaming Commission gives its blessing to the announced plans to sell its Vicksburg holdings to Kentucky-based Columbia Sussex Corporation. The deal could be completed by