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Atlantic City Casinos Kick Off Unofficial Start to Summer 2022

Atlantic City is gearing up for the unofficial start of the 2022 summer travel season, as Atlantic City casinos prepare to welcome tourists to the seaside resort this Memorial Day Weekend. The transformation of the City of Atlantic City continues thanks to citywide redevelopment projects, as well as major capital investments from the Atlantic City […]

Why Virgin Online Casino And Bally’s AC Partnership Makes Perfect Sense

Virgin online casino is moving. By moving, we don’t mean opening a land-based casino on the former Atlantic City Hilton site. Existing Virgin online casino players received an email early Tuesday afternoon explaining that the brand is no longer operating under the Tropicana Atlantic City license. As of April 5, 2022, Virgin’s land-based partnership now […]

Atlantic City 2021 casino earns surpass pre-pandemic levels

Atlantic City’s casino earnings have surpassed where they were before the coronavirus pandemic broke out, but most of the improvement is due to the two newest casinos. Figures released Friday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show eight of the nine casinos posted a gross operating profit last year…. Joe Lupo, president of […]

Eyeing better days, Atlantic City casinos start new projects

The thwack of hammers and the whine of power saws are vying for attention with the beeping of slot machines and the clack of the bouncing roulette ball at many Atlantic City casinos this spring as the gambling halls spend millions on updating their properties. The projects come as the gambling industry anticipates a busy […]

Atlantic City casinos ‘bullish’ on growth for the rest of the year

The gambling industry in Atlantic City is continuing their upward trend as February continues the resort town’s win streak. There is hope that operators will return to pre-pandemic business by the Spring. “The COVID numbers are way down, the weather’s starting to get nicer [and] people are anxious to get out again,” said Jane Bokunewicz, […]

Atlantic City Gambling Revenue Healthy In February

Atlantic City gambling revenue appears to be on the mend nearly two years after COVID-19 upended the casino industry. Table game and slot revenue reported by AC casinos last month was among the best Februarys in nearly a decade. New Jersey online gambling produced one of the highest-grossing months ever. And, NJ sportsbooks dodged any […]

Back To Normal In Atlantic City Casino Sportsbooks As NCAA Tourney Tips Off

The first chance for relative normalcy at Atlantic City sportsbooks for March Madness since pre-pandemic 2019 coincided with St. Patrick’s Day on Thursday. The festive holiday won out over any “war is over” theme, it turned out upon some inspection. The sportsbooks at Caesars, Bally’s, and the BetMGM version at Borgata each featured a fine […]

Atlantic City Brick-and-Mortar February Revenue Improves, Casinos Look to Warm Months

Atlantic City casinos won $212.4 million on their floors last month, which is 8% better — or roughly $15.7 million — than February 2019. Casino win last month was also 43% higher than February 2021. Gross gaming revenue (GGR) from retail slot machines and table games inched closer to numbers experienced just before COVID-19 hit […]

Atlantic City casino revenue up 43% in February

Atlantic City’s in-person casino revenue in February was 43% higher than it was a year ago, and just below the level of February 2020, right before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Figures released Wednesday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement show the nine casinos won $212.4 million from in-person gamblers in February. That’s about 3% […]