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Carl Bruce Roberts : Bruce

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Carl Bruce Roberts, also known as Bruce, was born on April 20, 1948 to William and Gladys Roberts in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He attended Bogalusa City Schools and graduated from Bogalusa High School in 1967. Both of his parents lived through the Great Depression and because of this, the value of hard work through any adversity was deeply instilled in him. Bruce started working at National Food Store before he even graduated high school, but realized after graduation that if he wanted a better life for himself and his future wife he would need a career trade. He learned welding in 1969 at what was then called the Trade School- now known as Northshore Technical Community College- at night, while bagging groceries at National Food Store …show more content…

When Charlie quit, he asked Bruce for his contact information. He said that there was going to be construction work starting on the Gulf Coast soon and would contact him. A few months later, Bruce received a call from Charlie out of the blue. Charlie was now the foreman of a crew that was going to be building Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi and he wanted Bruce to come and work with him. Bruce accepted and was able to recommend two close friends for a job as well. Bruce has always stressed the power of making friends and networking at work. "You never know what may come of it down the road," he states. In the early 1990 's, Mississippi approved for the construction of the first gambling establishments on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. At this time, there were few things to do when you went to the beach. You had Marine Life, various restaruants, and certain shops, but nothing big that people would come from all over for. The Gulf Coast desperately needed something to boost their economy and officials felt that casinos would do just that. The only stipulation was that the actual gambling areas must be on the water. This led to the casinos being constructed on top of old barges. Casino Magic was built in the backbay of Bay St. Louis. Bruce also worked on The Grand Casino in Gulfport and Biloxi, and also the Casino Magic in Biloxi. When asked about the working conditions, he stated that they were

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