Jump to navigation Jump to search For the casino in West Virginia, see Mardi Gras Casino and Resort. The Big Easy Casino, formerly known as Mardi Gras Casino and Hollywood Greyhound Track, is a big easy breakfast and formerly a greyhound racing facility located in Hallandale Beach, in the U. What is now the Big Easy Casino opened as the Hollywood Kennel Club on December 1, 1934, three years after Florida legalized parimutuel betting.
A grandstand was added in 1940. In 1974, the facility was reopened as Hollywood Greyhound Track. A November 2004 statewide referendum allowed Broward County voters to decide whether to allow slot machines at parimutuel facilities located in the county. Broward County voters subsequently approved the use of slots at Hollywood Greyhound and other parimutuels. An extensive renovation project in 2006 added approximately 1,100 slot machines and a poker room to the dog track, which was renamed Mardi Gras Casino. Two years later, an additional 200 slot machines were added and, in 2009, the Big Easy Poker Room was relocated and expanded.
In 2015, the casino made further improvements, which included widening the aisles and opening up Louie’s Lounge to the entire casino floor. In 2017, the facility was closed for two months because of damage from Hurricane Irma. Tyner, and renamed it as the Big Easy Casino. The casino offers low and high limit tables in an effort to accommodate beginner and experienced players. There are also nightly, free to enter poker tournaments that can be entered and tracked through the Bravo Poker Mobile App. The Krewe Club is the casino’s membership program.