It was a moment Bernard Goldstein had been dreaming about for years. He stood Saturday in the heart of his company's new multimillion-dollar casino, drinking in the cacophony of sounds and the jellybean colors of hundreds of slot machines being used for the first time.

And he watched as more than 300 people, largely retirees, rushed into Pompano Park Harness Track's casino within minutes of the 10 a.m. opening.

'After 13 years of fighting for this -- to get the permission to build it -- it's really something. I probably won't really believe it for another month,' said Goldstein, chief executive officer of the track's parent company, Isle of Capri Casinos. Read more