![]() ![]() ![]() WinStar Casino, the biggest casino in the world at 600,000 square feet, opened in Thackerville, Okla., in 2004, just an hour's drive from Dallas-Fort Worth, allowing gamblers who had been traveling to Shreveport-Bossier to cut their travel time by almost two thirds. Like Lake Charles, the Shreveport-Bossier market relied on a steady stream of Texas customers to fuel its boom in the 1990s and early 2000s, a parade of Dallas-Fort Worth gamblers coming in on Interstate 20.Ī state report in 2003 called Shreveport-Bossier City "the most prolific provider of revenue to the state.''īut that was before competition began siphoning off those Dallas-Fort Worth customers, the biggest of which came from Native American casinos in Oklahoma. ![]() The former Diamond Jacks Casino in Bossier City will undergo a $270 million renovation under its new owner The Cordish Companies and will be rebranded Live! Casino and Hotel. ![]()
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