These days, gaming resorts in the South can be as luxe as those in Las Vegas, right down to upscale hotels, full-service casinos and Vegas-style shows. And when you save the airfare to Vegas, and pay less for lodging, you have more money to play with.

State-by-state gaming list:

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FLORIDA

East Coast ship casinos

• Casino Princesa, Miami. 305-379-5825, www.casinoprincesa.com.

• Palm Beach Princess, Palm Beach. 1-800-841-7447, www.pbcasino.com.

• SeaEscape, Fort Lauderdale. 1-877-732-3722, www.seaescape.com.

• Sterling Casino Lines, Port Canaveral. 1-800-765-5711, www.sterlingcasinolines.com.

• St.Tropez Casino Cruises, Fort Lauderdale. 1-800-575-5520, www.sttropezcasinocruises.com.

• SunCruz Casino, Daytona Beach. 1-800-474-3423, www.suncruzcasino.com.

• SunCruz Casino, Hollywood. 1-800-474-3423, www.suncruzcasino.com.

• SunCruz Casino, Jacksonville. 1-800-474-3423, www.suncruzcasino.com.

• SunCruz Casino, Key Largo. 1-800-474-3423, www.suncruzcasino.com.

• SunCruz Casino, Port Canaveral. 1-800-474-3423, www.suncruzcasino.com.

Gulf Coast ship casinos

• Big M Casino, Fort Myers Beach. 239-765-7529, www.bigmcasino.com.

• Key West Casino Cruises, Key West. 305-295-7775.

• Majesty Casino Cruises, Madeira Beach. 1-888-551-7529, www.majestycasinocruises.com.

• Ocean Jewel, St. Petersburg. 1-877-455-3935, www.oceanjewel.com.

• SunCruz Casino, Madeira. 1-800-474-3423 or 727-465-0085, www.suncruzcasino.com.

Seminole Tribe

All casinos can be reached at 1-866-222-7466, www.seminoletribe.com/enterprises/casinos.shtml.

• Seminole Casino Brighton, near Lake Okeechobee and west of Vero Beach. 1-800-360-9875.

• Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, 10 miles south of Boca Raton and 10 miles north of Fort Lauderdale. 954-977-6700.

• Seminole Casino Classic Hollywood, five miles south of Fort Lauderdale. 1-866-222-7466.

• Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood. 1-800-937-0010.

• Seminole Casino Immokalee, 40 miles northeast of Naples. 1-800-218-0007.

• Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa. 1-866-762-5463, www.seminolehardrock.com.

Miccosukee Tribe

• Miccosukee Resort and Gaming, in the Miccosukee Resort & Convention Center in Miami. Open 24 hours, it offers bingo, video machines and poker. 1-877-242-6464, www.miccosukee.com.

GEORGIA

• Golden Isles Emerald Princess, sails from Brunswick Landing Marina. 1-800-842-0115, www.emeraldprincesscasino.com.

• Millionaire's Casino: recently reopened, sails from River Street in Savannah. 1-800-630-0390, www.millionairescasino.net.

LOUISIANA

Land-based casinos

• Cypress Bayou Casino, owned by the Chitimacha tribe, in Charenton, 45 miles south of Lafayette. 1-800-284-4386, www.cypressbayou.com.

• Grand Casino Coushatta, casino-resort owned by the Coushatta tribe, in Kinder, 188 miles west of New Orleans. 1-800-584-7263, www.gccoushatta.com.

• Harrah's New Orleans, New Orleans. 1-800-427-7247 or 504-533-6000, www.harrahs.com.

• Paragon Casino Resort, in Marksville, 30 miles southeast of Alexandria, owned by the Tunica-Biloxi tribe. 1-800-946-1946, www.paragoncasinoresort.com.

Pari-mutuels

• Delta Downs Racetrack and Casino, slots and horse racing, Vinton, 20 miles west of Lake Charles, 1-800-589-7441, www.deltadowns.com.

• Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino, slots and horse racing, Carencro, 60 miles west of Baton Rouge, 1-866-472-2466, www.evangelinedowns.com.

• Harrah's Louisiana Downs, slot machines and horse racing, Bossier City, 1-800-977-7529 (Lake Charles location will answer questions) or 318-742-5555, www.harrahs.com.

Riverboat casinos

• Argosy Casino, in Baton Rouge, dockside on the Mississippi River. 1-800-676-4847, www.argosycasinos.com.

• Bally's Casino New Orleans, dockside on Lake Pontchartrain. 1-800-572-2559, www.caesars.com/ballys/neworleans.

• Boomtown Casino Westbank, on the Harvey Canal in Harvey, a suburb of New Orleans. 1-800-366-7711, www.boomtowncasinos.com.

• Boomtown Casino and Hotel, dockside on the Red River in Bossier City, across from Shreveport. 1-877-862-4428, www.boomtownbossier.com

• Casino Rouge, moored on the Mississippi at Baton Rouge. 1-800-447-6843, www.casinorouge.com.

• Harrah's Lake Charles, dockside on Lake Charles. 1-800-977-7529 or 337-437-1500, www.harrahs.com.

• Sam's Town Casino and Hotel Shreveport, 318-424-7777, www.samstownshreveport.com.

• Hollywood Casino Shreveport, dockside on the Red River. 1-877-602-0711, www.hollywoodcasinoshreveport.com.

• Horseshoe Casino and Hotel, dockside on the Red River in Bossier City. 1-800-895-0711, www.horseshoe.com.

• Isle of Capri Casino & Hotel, dockside in Bossier City. 1-800-843-4753, www.isleofcapricasino.com.

• Isle of Capri Casino & Hotel, dockside on Lake Charles in Westlake. 1-800-843-4753, www.isleofcapricasino.com.

• L'auberge du Lac Hotel and Casino, Lake Charles, 337-475-2900, www.ldlcasino.com.

• Treasure Chest Casino, dockside on Lake Pontchartrain in Kenner, a suburb of New Orleans. 1-800-298-0711, www.treasurechest.com.

MISSISSIPPI

Bay St. Louis

• Casino Magic. 1-800-562-4425, www.casinomagic.com.

Biloxi

• Beau Rivage. 1-888-750-7111, www.beaurivage.com.

• Boomtown Casino. 1-800-627-0777, www.boomtownbiloxi.com.

• Casino Magic. 1-800-562-4425, www.casinomagic.com.

• Hard Rock Hotel and Casino-Biloxi. 228-374-7625, www.hardrockbiloxi.com.

• Grand Casino. 1-800-946-2946, www.caesars.com/GrandCasino/biloxi.

• Imperial Palace. 1-800-436-3000, www.ipbiloxi.com.

• Isle of Capri Casino & Hotel. 1-800-843-4753, www.isleofcapricasino.com.

• Palace Casino Resort. 1-800-725-2239, www.palacecasinoresort.com.

• President Casino. 1-800-843-7737, www.presidentcasino.com.

• Treasure Bay Casino Resort. 1-800-747-2839, www.treasurebay.com.

Greenville

• Bayou Caddy's Jubilee Casino. 662-335-1111, www.casinocity.com/us/ms/greenville/bayou.

• Lighthouse Point Casino. 1-800-878-1777, www.lighthouse-casino.com

Gulfport

• Copa Casino. 1-800-946-2672, www.thecopacasino.com.

• Grand Casino. 1-800-946-7777, www.caesars.com/GrandCasino/gulfport.

Lula

• Isle of Capri Resort & Casino. 1-800-789-5825, www.isleofcapricasino.com.

Natchez

• Isle of Capri Resort & Casino. 1-800-722-5825, www.isleofcapricasino.com.

Philadelphia

• Pearl River Resort. The Silver Star Hotel and Casino, the Golden Moon Hotel and Casino, the Dancing Rabbit Golf Club, the Geyser Falls Water Theme Park and the Clearwater Key Beach make up this complex. 1-866-447-3275, www.pearlriverresort.com.

Tunica

• Bally's Casino-Tunica. 1-800-382-2559, www.resortscasinos.com.

• Fitzgerald's Casino & Hotel. 1-800-766-5825, www.fitzgeraldstunica.com.

• Gold Strike Casino Resort. 1-888-245-7829, www.goldstrikemississippi.com.

• Grand Casino. 1-800-946-4946, www.grandtunica.com.

• Harrah's Tunica Casino and Hotel. 1-800-427-7247 or 662-363-7777, www.harrahs.com.

• Hollywood Casino Tunica. 1-800-871-0711, www.hollywoodtunica.com.

• Horseshoe Casino & Hotel. 1-800-303-7463, www.horseshoe.com.

• Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall. 1-800-456-0711, www.samstowntunica.com.

• Resorts Tunica Casino & Hotel. 662-363-7777, www.resortscasinos.com.

Vicksburg

• Ameristar Casino. 1-800-700-7770, www.ameristarcasinos.com.

• Horizon Hotel and Casino, 1-800-843-2343, www.horizonvicksburg.com.

• Isle of Capri Casino & Hotel. 1-800-843-4753, www.isleofcapricasino.com.

• Rainbow Hotel Casino. 1-800-503-3777, www.rainbowcasino.

NORTH CAROLINA

• Harrah's Cherokee Casino, on the reservation of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians in Cherokee. 1-800-427-7247, www.harrahs.com.

SOUTH CAROLINA

• Southern Elegance Casino Cruises, sail from Little River (near Myrtle Beach) waterfront. 1-877-250-5825, www.southernelegancecasino.com.

• SunCruz Casino-Myrtle Beach, sails from Little River waterfront. 1-800-474-3423, www.suncruzcasino.com.