New Jersey’s online gambling industry generated $245.6 million in revenue in 2017, up 24.9 percent from the previous year’s $196.7 million, but the golden child of the industry was Golden Nugget, which reported $68.5 million in revenue, a 62.3 percent
During Tuesday’s first hiring event for the coming Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, a human resources team member got a microphone and welcomed the room of applicants. “You are the future. You are our rock stars,” he said
Gov. Phil Murphy met Wednesday afternoon with Mayor Frank Gilliam to discuss the state takeover and the city’s relationship with the state. At a press conference Wednesday morning at the Atlantic County Utilities Authority’s wastewater treatment facility to sign an
Former Gov. Chris Christie may be gone, but the state could stay in Atlantic City. Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that he envisions a “partnership” between the state and cash-strapped city, but he didn’t repeat his campaign promise to end
During Tuesday’s first hiring event for the coming Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, a human resources team member got a microphone and welcomed the room of applicants. “You are the future. You are our rock stars,” he said
Thousands of Atlantic City casino jobs lost during a brutal three-year stretch when five casinos shut down are coming back. Since 2014, casino closings eliminated 11,000 jobs and devastated the economy of the Atlantic City region. But for many laid-off
New Jersey’s thriving internet gambling market is about to get bigger. The two new casinos due to open this summer plan to offer internet gambling. The Ocean Resort Casino, which formerly operated as Revel, and the Hard Rock casino, which
Gordon Ramsay will open a steakhouse this summer at Harrah’s casino in Atlantic City. It is set to open Memorial Day weekend and will be the second Atlantic City restaurant for the celebrity chef, who opened a pub at Caesars
The opening of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City is right around the corner. In preparation for this, they have just announced a pair of official career events for those looking for employment … with a bit of
All signs point to another banner year for New Jersey online gambling. Earlier this month, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released the state’s 2017 revenue numbers for online gambling. The data showed that the state pulled in nearly
Atlantic City and southern New Jersey have always been Philadelphia Eagles country. And with the local team in the Super Bowl, the seaside gambling resort can only dream of the extra millions of dollars it might have taken in had
There is always optimism at the start of the year, Mayor Frank Gilliam said recently. He must be a naturally hopeful person, because for several years after the 2007-09 economic collapse and subsequent shrinkage of Atlantic City’s gaming industry, the
In 2017, it was a very good year — for Atlantic City’s casinos. They saw their gambling revenue increase for the second year in a row after a dismal decade in which five of the city’s 12 casinos shut down,
The Stockton Gateway Project is the type of project Atlantic City can build its future around, said Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker during a tour of the facility Wednesday. ”Anchor institutions, if you look around the country, are incredibly
Touting the investments at casinos and throughout the city, a panel of gambling executives say the city’s future is promising. But to achieve that promise, the resort’s leaders have to work together, take advantage of opportunities such as e-sports and