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StumbleSlots debut at Delta Downs
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002 | 9:54 a.m.
VINTON, La. -- Hundreds of gamblers jammed Delta Downs on Wednesday to play the 1,500 slot machines on opening day of the state's first casino at a horse race track.
The track first opened in 1973. Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp., which has the Treasure Chest riverboat in Kenner among its holdings, bought the track for $125 million in 2001 after local voters approved slot machines.
"We are really excited about the potential and the future that we all have here in Vinton and Calcasieu Parish," said Bill Boyd, company chairman, during the opening ceremonies.
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