The use of the name 'Tunica' by the resorts led to the alternative name of Tunica Resorts to make it easier for tourists to find the destination.
Tunica Resorts is the site of six casino resorts, and at one time generated the third largest gambling revenues in the nation, after Las Vegas and Atlantic City, New Jersey, but competition has increased in other locations, including properties owned by Native American tribes and operated on their reservations. The population as of the 2020 census was 2,132. Route 61, along the border with Arkansas. The community is situated mostly between the Mississippi River and U.S. Tunica Resorts, formerly known as Robinsonville until 2005, is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, north of the county seat of Tunica.
