So does Emma. She kept driving. Emma didn't turn but she wasn't lost. She kept driving. Not everyone who goes to Tunica County, Miss., these days is going to a casino.
Tunica is America's third most popular gambling destination.
They lure thousands of people a day. Many people think gambling is the Delta's last and only hope. Emma isn't one of them. For her, casinos are a diversion, not a solution. Emma grew up in Tunica.