The tribe had the Golden Moon constructed directly across the road in 2002. The first casino, Silver Star, opened in 1994 on tribal lands near Philadelphia, Mississippi. In the aftermath of extensive damage to waterfront gaming on the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the state legislature changed some of its rules related to private gaming facilities. At the time, by state law other gaming activity was limited to riverboats or floating structures on the rivers or Gulf Coast.
When approved for opening in 2000, these were the only casinos in the state approved for land-based structures. These casinos are the only Native American gaming facilities in the state of Mississippi, as the Mississippi Choctaw are the only federally recognized tribe in the state.
The resort includes two casinos, Silver Star Hotel & Casino and Golden Moon Hotel & Casino a Dancing Rabbit Inn near the casinos Dancing Rabbit Golf Club, an award-winning golf course designed by Jerry Pate Geyser Falls Water Theme Park and a spa. It is owned and operated by the federally recognized Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Pearl River Resort is a gaming resort located in Choctaw, Neshoba County, Mississippi. Casino resort in Choctaw, Mississippi Pearl River Resort
