A new era of gaming was ushered in Thursday with a Philadelphia sports icon and the state’s top lawmaker proudly holding up wager slips after placing the first legal sports bets at a resort casino. Julius “Dr. J.” Erving and
The first legal sports wager at an Atlantic City casino will be placed at 11 a.m. at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa on Thursday morning, and the opening day’s special guest has been confirmed. Philadelphia 76ers legend Julius “Dr.
NBA and Sixers legend Julius “Dr. J” Erving will place the first sports wager at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City on Thursday morning as legal sports betting launches in New Jersey. The Borgata is the only Atlantic City casino
For months, there was little, if any, sign that Atlantic City’s former Revel casino, a $2 billion bust, was getting ready to reopen. Colorado developer Bruce Deifik bought it in January and made plans for its reincarnation as the Ocean
The whirl of buzz saws and the thump, thump, thump of hammers was in full force on Tuesday as the Ocean Resort continued to put together what it pledges will be the sharpest sportsbook in Atlantic City. If nothing else,
Sixteen days to go and Atlantic City’s Ocean Resort Casino Hotel is racing to get ready. Two thousand slot machines stand in easy-to-use groups, as workmen tinker with roulette tables. Dead center on the casino’s 138,000 square foot floor, a
The wait is over — New Jersey sports betting begins Thursday. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Monday allowing the state’s racetracks and casinos to begin offering sports betting later in the week. “Today, we’re finally making the dream
Gov. Phil Murphy said he will place the first legal sports bet in New Jersey after signing legislation Monday to regulate and tax sports wagering at Atlantic City casinos and the state’s racetracks. “Today, we’re finally making the dream of
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law on Monday to allow legalized sports betting online and at the state’s casinos and racetracks—a month after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the state in its landmark sports wagering
Ending a more than eight-year odyssey to bring sports betting to New Jersey, Gov. Philip D. Murphy signed a bill on Monday that legalizes wagering, with gambling set to start on Thursday — just in time for the start of
Calling it a dream come true and with plans to lay down New Jersey’s first sports bet Thursday, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Monday allowing the state’s casinos and racetracks to take wagers. “We’re finally making the dream of
As casinos around the tri-state region and the country – including gaming properties at the Jersey Shore – prepare for sports betting, the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel Atlantic City is putting the finishing touches on the revamped, former Trump
One of the nation’s largest daily fantasy sports companies is teaming up with an Atlantic City casino in the latest deal seeking to capitalize on the emerging legal sports-betting market. DraftKings and Resorts Casino told the Associated Press that they
Ocean Resort Casino is set to open June 28, and they’ve just announced doors will open at 3 p.m. on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Ocean Resort is opening the same day as the nearby Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic
Ocean Resort Casino, which will officially join the Atlantic City boardwalk in the old Revel Casino building when it opens June 28, is already preparing to offer sports gambling with a high-profile partnership. Just as the Borgata announced earlier this