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Yes, they have the Miss straddle in Tunica.
You are allowed to straddle from any non-blind position and the pre-flop play begins to the left of the straddler.

So if I straddle on the button then preflop it's up to the SB right-away as to whether to call or not.


While the ideas in here are correct regarding why a good player might want to straddle it only answers part of the question.Why he should want to do this is to inflate the pot, have a loose image, etc.
Why most others are doing it is because they like to play a little bit crazy and gamble it up which includes such things as live-straddling and checking or betting in the dark, etc.

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Bob this is only for NL games right? In a 4-8 game you can only stradle from one position (Left of the blinds). Am I correct here?

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It depends on the room/game. There is a legendary limit Badugi game in NC where if the Mississippi Straddle is on, all future streets are played at the size of the straddle. So if they are playing 200/400, and someone straddles to 1,000, then all future streets are 1,000 as well. Totally sick, its mathematically not a good strategy for that game yet people love to gambool!

PS: Bret is correct. If your image is an overly-tight player its better to loosen up in position with some light 3-bets than to straddle.