page_title: Mhoon Landing, Mississippi
section_title: Casinos
hierarchical_section_title: Mhoon Landing, Mississippi / Casinos
caption_attribution_description: English: Mississippi River from Mhoon Landing, Mississippi.
context_page_description: Mhoon Landing is an unincorporated community located on the Mississippi River in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. It is approximately 6 miles northwest of North Tunica and approximately 12 miles southwest of Tunica Resorts.
context_section_description: In 1992, "Splash" casino opened in Mhoon Landing, the first casino in Northern Mississippi. Splash was so successful that patrons waited in line up to three hours to enter, then paid a $10 admission fee. Within a year, three other casinos opened — "Lady Luck", "President", and "Bally's" — located on ships docked at Mhoon Landing. By 1995, Splash had closed, President and Bally's had sailed closer to Memphis, and Splash was closed and in dry dock. Soon, larger casinos in Tunica Resorts gained control of the market. Lady Luck casino left Mhoon Landing in April 1994 after only seven months of operation and moved south to the spot at the U.S. Route 49 highway crossing to Helena, Arkansas before Splash closed. In 2004, a company brought the former SS Nantucket up from Biloxi with the intent of opening the "Splash Back Casino". It languished in a spot with almost no water until it was dismantled in 2012.
caption: Mississippi River from Mhoon Landing
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