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Station Casinos Install First Penny Progressive Slots - LAS VEAGS - Max Baer, Jr., who portrayed "Jethro" in the enduring television classic, The Beverly Hillbillies, has started appearing at Stations Casinos properties beginning Nov. 14, to promote the International Gaming Technologies' first-ever penny progressive video slot machine that is based on the series.

The new Instant Winner MegaJackpots game launches a new progressive system called TV Hits that offers a top jackpot starting at $200,000. "This game is fantastic. It's funny and entertaining, plus it has voice-overs from the show's cast, great video graphics that capture the essence of the characters, and that big progressive jackpot that'll be paid to the lucky winner on the spot," said Baer. The new slot game comes in two different versions: The Towering Clampett's Cash machines are topped with a likeness of "Uncle Jed" holding fists of cash, and Moonshine Money depicts Granny sitting atop the machine in her rocking chair. On both themes, the bonus rounds feature animated skits, and players make picks that determine how much they win. IGT is the first in the marketplace with a penny wide-area progressive.

Mississippi Casino Opening Planned for September 2003 - BAYOU CADDY, MS – After more than three years of being dockside at Port Bienville, the Northern Belle casino boat arrived at its new home at Bayou Caddy on Nov. 21.

The 40,000 square-foot, 245 foot long riverboat is reported to have cost $2 million. It was formerly used as a gambling boat in Ontario, Canada and can accommodate about 1,500 passengers/ Gene McCarlie, president of Phoenix Leisure, a Nevada-based company, told the Hancock County Board of Supervisors on Monday that it looked like the company was on its way in efforts to begin construction on a casino, tentatively named Paradise Bay, at the Bayou Caddy location.

McCarlie also said the company plans to begin work, hopefully in January, on a 120-to-150-room hotel which will be connected to the boat. McCarlie said the project had a projected opening date of September 2003.