While the state was preoccupied with gambling, the 1990s economic boom across the United States largely bypassed Louisiana, which lost thousands of manufacturing and oil jobs and now finds itself in an almost-desperate game of catch-up with other states in attracting new business in a much-slower environment. Three Indian reservation built gambling institutions - free from state taxation- and their location on land was considered more attractive to gamblers. The Shreveport and Lake Charles areas, originally slated to have only a small piece of the action, instead became Louisiana's tourist gambler stops, entertaining millions from Texas. New Orleans failed as a tourist destination point for gamblers, while the once-quiet beaches of Biloxi, Miss., and miles of impoverished cotton fields in Tunica, Miss., became the Deep South's key destination points for players. All that money they make and no security outside the building.Although more than 18,000 people are employed in the business, almost nothing has turned out the way that gambling supporters expected, while unfortunately, many of the warnings that opponents voiced from the start have come true. And definitely need some security roaming outside. So I know they aren't checking the lot often. People are literally parking rv's for day and doing their business in the parking lot, and I saw a few cars in the parking that you knew had been there for a while, because they had flats.

And for the parking lot, it looks like its getting worse.

I even asked the guys in suits 3 times if there was a waitress around on the casino floor, each time they said they would let someone know, and no one ever came. They only had one waitress at the pool area. Then at the pool it was literally almost an hr wait between drinks. I ended up having to walk to the bar to get a drink. I sat there 45 minutes this past saturday, and waited almost an hr for a drink.

There are more people in suits walking around, and people who check the machines than servers. The waiters/waitresses took extremely long. Both on the casino floor, and at the pool we waited forever to get drinks. We always love to stay at L'auberge, however the last 2 times the service was not great.

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