“ One thing that the state leaders were aware of, was that there were a lot of mixed feelings about gambling in the state,” Royal Walker Jr., Executive Director of Miss. Gambling Control Act was passed and it open doors for not only Miss. “ I would vote for Casino’s, it would be hard for me for me to explain it to my church, but casinos have done Mississippi well,” Senator Sollie B. The religious believers were opposed and the other residents in different counties were for it. The state, known as the “Bible Belt,” had to determine whether gambling would be approved. casinos have been a trending topic since 1920. Keith Crosby, General Manger of Palace Casino, said that dark and windowless places are just folklore of thoughts that has people coming to his business regularly.