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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.

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