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Moulton Woman Wins Statewide Contest

TUNICA, Mississippi (February 16, 2007)--Evelyn Nelson, from Moulton, Alabama recently had luck on her side. She was chosen in a drawing as the winner of a contest across the state of Alabama and won a trip to Memphis and Tunica.

"I'd never been to Tunica before, and I didn't think I'd win when I entered the contest," Nelson explained.

Nelson won the contest by sending in an entry form from the Decatur Daily. Her entry was one of thousands received by the Tunica Convention & Visitors Bureau.

"Tunica and Memphis are such nice places to getaway for a few days," she said. "It wasn't hard at all to get here, and people from Moulton come on buses all of the time."

In addition to winning the three day/two night trip to Memphis and Tunica, Nelson also won free admission to Graceland, Sun Studio, STAX museum, Memphis Zoo, Tunica RiverPark museum, Memphis Grizzles basketball tickets, a $100 shopping certificate at the Casino Factory Shoppes in Tunica, a romantic dinner for two at Café Marie restaurant, and $225.00 in total gaming coins from all of Tunica's nine casinos.

Webster Franklin, president and CEO of the Tunica Convention & Visitors Bureau, said the contest was part of a joint campaign to remind Alabama visitors that Memphis and Tunica are close travel destinations.

"Our nine world-class casinos, championship golf courses, non-stop entertainment, sensational restaurants, and award-winning attractions make Tunica the perfect travel destination," Franklin said. "With Memphis only a 20 minute drive from Tunica, Memphis and Tunica are a winning combination for a great getaway."

Perched high on a bluff overlooking the slow rolling Mississippi, Memphis marches to the beat of the Blues, of Stax-era Soul, of the countless neighborhood barbeque shacks and the King's own Graceland. It's the kind of city that spills up from the soil, lingers on the melancholy mojo of the best guitar you've ever heard. From music landmarks to restaurants, from the FedExForum to the acclaimed zoo, from the elegant hotels to the mystical nightclubs on legendary Beale Street, there's just something real about Memphis, an irresistible soul that's drawn people here for more than a century. For more information, please visit www.memphistravel.com, or contact the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau at 1-800-873-6282.

Tunica, an area where cotton, rice, soybean fields and catfish ponds still thrive, is "The South's Casino Capital." Located 30 minutes south of Memphis, Tunica welcomes more than 12 million visitors annually to its nine world-class casino resorts, with more than 6,300 hotel rooms, over 40 restaurants, championship golf, outdoor recreation, museums, outlet and antique shopping, and much more. For travel information, please visit the Tunica website at www.tunicamiss.com, or call Tunica at 1-888-4TUNICA.

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