Saracen had been operating in an annex building while the full casino was being constructed. Its annex, which was a truck stop at one time, had been included in the original plan submitted to the Racing Commission for approval. The new $350-million resort has 2,000 slot machines, 36 table games, a sportsbook, and a poker room.<\/p>\n
Hot Springs has a storied gambling history. Casinos operated illegally but openly for decades in the town until authorities shut the resorts down in the 1960s. Hot Springs is about an hour southwest of Little Rock.<\/p>\n
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Notorious underworld figures such as Al Capone, Frank Costello, and Benjamin \u201cBugsy\u201d Siegel vacationed in the Spa City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Casino gambling now is allowed only at the historic Oaklawn racetrack.<\/p>\n
The town\u2019s revival includes the announcement this week that actor Kevin Costner plans to open a movie and music museum in Hot Springs, according to the Sentinel-Record<\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Judge Randy Wright has been assigned to handle a lawsuit in Arkansas to block construction of a casino annex in Pope County. The state Supreme Court order on Oct. 27 assigning Wright to the case came after four other Arkansas judges stepped aside. The judges who recused themselves are Dennis Sutterfield, William Pearson, Ken Coker, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":154704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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