This summer, the Tropicana in Atlantic City completed a $40 million renovation project that included updated hotel rooms, another property entrance, a high-limit slots area and a number of added new features, from a luxury hair salon to a premier
Steven Perskie thinks about the legacy of legalizing gambling here each time he sees the city’s skyline. It’s been nearly four decades since Perskie, dubbed “the father of casino gaming,” wrote the law that allowed casinos in the struggling seaside
Soon gamblers won’t need to rely on Lady Luck alone to win in Atlantic City. Skill-based games are coming to Harrah’s, Caesars and Bally’s after the state Division of Gaming Enforcement gave approval late Wednesday night to GameCo, Inc. of
One of Atlantic City’s top casinos is getting a $30 million makeover. Harrah’s is redoing 450 rooms and suites in the casino’s Bayview Tower. The work will begin in mid-November and should be finished by Memorial Day weekend in 2017.
Casinos in the resort saw a more than 21 percent increase in their operating profits during the first half of the year, according to state figures released Monday afternoon. The eight remaining casinos had a combined second-quarter profit of $259
Casinos in the resort saw a more than 21 percent increase in their operating profits during the first half of the year, according to state figures released Monday afternoon. The eight remaining casinos had a combined second-quarter profit of $259
A July gaming report revealed the Trump Taj Mahal suffered financially while the revenues across Atlantic City’s casino industry went up for the month. Likely a symptom of the hundreds of striking workers demonstrating outside of the Carl Icahn-owned casino
Atlantic City’s top casino had its best month ever even as the soon-to-close Trump Taj Mahal casino faltered amid a month-long strike that helped prompt its billionaire owner to decide to shut it down. The Borgata won nearly $85 million
Gaming revenue at the city’s eight brick–and-mortar casino was up for the first time in three months, despite the threat of the closure of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, according to state figures from July released Friday afternoon. Revenues
Bart Blatstein has managed to open the Showboat Hotel at the height of the summer season, a great development for a city that needs good news. His Tower Investments Inc.’s quick and rather quiet opening – underpromising and overdelivering –
Matthew Mason and Melissa Mould are 33 and 31 years old, which makes them an extremely attractive couple to the modern casino industry. Gaming executives are worried about how to draw people like Mason and Mould, who are part of
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa’s summer is about to get a lot cooler … literally. The Atlantic City market leader will once again reinvest in its megaresort by offering three new additions this summer: the Borgata Beer Garden, Outdoor Pool
The city’s casino industry continued to grow moderately through the first four months of 2016, generating 4.4 percent more gambling revenue than during the same stretch last year, state regulators reported Thursday. The eight casino operators and their online affiliates
Atlantic City’s casinos are providing more proof that their improving fortunes after a rash of competitors shut down may not be a fluke. The city’s eight surviving casinos saw their collective revenue increase by 8.1 percent to $215 million in
As the Association that represents the casinos and its over 20,000 employees, we think it is imperative that the State Assembly act immediately and enact a legislative package (whatever format that may be) to avoid material negative consequences for the