Power outage halts gambling

Friday, Aug. 23, 2002 | 11:15 a.m.

BILOXI, Miss. -- Imperial Palace missed nearly a full day of gambling due to a power outage, officials said.

About 10 a.m. Thursday, a thunderstorm knocked out electricity to the part of the first floor gambling area, the surveillance system and other critical gaming operations, said John Maclean, casino general manager.

Maclean said the casino halted gambling on all floors. The hotel and restaurants had power and remained open.

The storm damaged a conduit that supplies power to the casino barge. Power was restored about 9 p.m. Thursday.

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