Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Reopening Day For Casinos Kicks Off In Mississippi

Casinos in Mississippi are reopening Thursday after being closed for more than two months. The gaming industry brings in $2 billion annual revenue and directly employs upwards of 16,000 people in Mississippi.

Here & Now’s Tonya Mosley checks in Sun Herald reporter Mary Perez ( @MaryPerezSH) who joins us on opening day from Biloxi, Mississippi.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.