will be on the minds of every legislator when they come in for the next session.

That will be the biggest policy issue the Legislature has had to address in a long time, ... and it's coming like a speeding bullet. Legislators are going to have to make that determination.

I think that will be a public policy question that will be on the minds of every legislator when they come in for the next session. That discussion will be the No. 1 issue in this legislative cycle. This will definitely put the fire under their feet.

We are just flabbergasted. It could be curiosity, or pent-up excitement from people who for several months have been unable to play. We do know that it's an economic gold mine right now.

You could get on one side of the Gulf Coast and shoot a bullet, and it wouldn't stop until it passed the state line. Nobody was coming.

We're witnessing the rebirth of the gaming industry on the Gulf Coast. I think these numbers are excellent. They seem to be consistent. I think they're sending out a great message to anyone wanting to invest on the Coast.