I know Gavestonian and billionaire Tilman Fertitta has tried to get casinos into Texas. He sold all the Joe's Crab Shacks to purchase all the Golden Nugget Casinos. The rumor use to be that the top two floors on the Moody hotel next to Moody Gardens were empty...and they were for years...to put in slots and table games when Texas allowed gambling.
Now that Mr. Fertitta has the Golden Nugget Casinos, a gazillion restaurants (Landry's Corporation) most of Kemah, Texas and the new pleasure pier (rides and games where the Flagship hotel use to be in Galveston) and a thousand other investments...I'm sure he's not concerned anymore with Texas casinos.
The only casino I knew of in Texas was down in Rockport...cruise ship. The Texas Sun...it went out in the Gulf . You ate dinner and waited for them to be in international water to start gambling. The boat did rock in rough to semi rough water...trust me, my wife was sick as a dog on one of the cruises!!!
Now that Mr. Fertitta has the Golden Nugget Casinos, a gazillion restaurants (Landry's Corporation) most of Kemah, Texas and the new pleasure pier (rides and games where the Flagship hotel use to be in Galveston) and a thousand other investments...I'm sure he's not concerned anymore with Texas casinos.
The only casino I knew of in Texas was down in Rockport...cruise ship. The Texas Sun...it went out in the Gulf . You ate dinner and waited for them to be in international water to start gambling. The boat did rock in rough to semi rough water...trust me, my wife was sick as a dog on one of the cruises!!!