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AMERISTAR CASINO VICKSBURG, INC. v. DUCKWORTH

No. 2006-IA-01877-SCT.

990 So.2d 758 (2008)

AMERISTAR CASINO VICKSBURG, INC. v. Jimmy L. DUCKWORTH.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy D. Moore, Whitman B. Johnson, Currie Griffin Johnson, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Mark W. Prewitt, Vicksburg, attorney for appellee.

Before WALLER, P.J., DICKINSON and RANDOLPH, JJ.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. The lawsuit underlying this appeal addresses the Mississippi Gaming Commission's ("MGC") jurisdiction to resolve a dispute arising from a casino's promotional drawing. The question presented is whether a promotional drawing (as held by the casino in this case) constituted a "game" or a "gaming debt," in which case the MGC enjoys exclusive jurisdiction as conferred by the Mississippi Gaming Control Act ("MGCA"); or a "promotional...

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