Mississippi’s coastal casinos have shut down their gaming floors as Tropical Storm Gordon bears down on the state.

On Tuesday, the Mississippi Gaming Commission (MGC) issued a brief statement via its website, saying that Mississippi coastal casinos – 11 of the state’s gaming venues, including most of the larger operations – would close at 5pm “due to deminishing [sic] weather conditions from Tropical Storm Gordon.”

Customers who have already booked into their rooms at the casinos’ hotels will be allowed to remain in place, and guests may take advantage of the properties’ other amenities, but gaming floors will remain off-limits until the weather gods sound the all-clear.

The storm is supposed to make landfall Tuesday night around 8pm local time just west of Gulfport. As of 5pm, the storm was generating winds of 70 miles per hour, just shy of Category 1 hurricane status, while rainfall of seven inches or higher is forecast for some areas.