The casino was renamed in September 2017 to 1st Jackpot Casino Tunica. In May 2017, Bally's and Resorts Tunica were sold in a joint deal, with Gaming & Leisure Properties acquiring their real estate assets for a total of $83 million, and Penn National Gaming (now Penn Entertainment) purchasing the operating assets for a total of $44 million. In January 2014, RIH Acquisitions MS II assumed the management of Bally's Tunica and Resorts Tunica. Foundation Gaming Group, a company based in Gulfport, was retained to manage the two properties. In 2011, facing a threat of foreclosure, Resorts International Holdings agreed to hand over ownership of Bally's Tunica and Resorts Tunica (formerly Harrah's) to lenders. The two properties became part of Resorts International Holdings, a newly formed affiliate of Colony Capital.

The casino continued using the Bally's name under a licensing agreement. To ensure approval of the merger, Harrah's and Caesars agreed to sell four casinos, including Bally's Tunica and Harrah's Mardi Gras, to Colony Capital. The deal provoked antitrust concerns in some markets, including Tunica, where the combined company would own 5 out of the 9 casinos in the area. In 2004, Harrah's Entertainment agreed to purchase Caesars. Hilton's gaming division, including Bally's, was spun off in 1998 as Park Place Entertainment, later renamed as Caesars Entertainment. Hilton Hotels acquired Bally in 1996 and then purchased Lady Luck's share of Bally's Tunica in 1997 for $15 million. The casino reopened at its new location in Robinsonville (now Tunica Resorts) on December 18, 1995.

Bally's at Mhoon Landing closed on February 9.

Bally would own 58 percent of the combined venture and manage it, with Lady Luck and a local partner owning the rest. In February 1995, Bally and Lady Luck entered into a joint venture agreement, under which Bally would close its casino and move the barge upriver to dock at Lady Luck's hotel. Lady Luck began construction of a casino to accompany the hotel, but suspended it later that year because of financial difficulties. In 1994, Lady Luck Gaming opened its Olympia Hotel in Robinsonville, an area 10 miles north of Mhoon Landing which had emerged as a prime casino site because of its closer proximity to Memphis.

History īally's Saloon & Gambling Hall was originally opened on December 6, 1993, at Mhoon Landing by Bally Manufacturing. The casino has 46,535 square feet (4,323.2 m 2) of gaming space, with 899 slot machines and 16 table games. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment. 1450 Jackpot Blvd, Robinsonville, MS 38664ġst Jackpot Casino Tunica (formerly Bally's) is a casino and former hotel in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi.

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