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Revel Sold to Backup Bidder, Who Plans to Appeal Ruling
Photo | Dan McQuade Update, 1:45 p.m.: A judge awarded Revel to Glenn Straub‘s company. Straub did not get a discount he’d requested, and has been ordered to pay the entire $95.4 million he bid for the...
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Christie Announces State Takeover of Atlantic City
Photo | Dan McQuade Chris Christie took a controversial step today that has some Atlantic City politicians fuming. At his third summit on the city’s future, Christie announced the appointment of Kevin...
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Energy Company Threatens to Turn Revel into $2.4B Fungus Tower
A shuttered Revel in November 2014 (Photo: Dan McQuade) The future of the closed Revel casino, Atlantic City’s $2.4 billion boondoggle, continues to be up in the air. Not long after a judge placed the...
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Caesars Atlantic City Fined for Losing Two Slot Machines
Slot machines in Atlantic City in November 2014 When a casino says it has loose slots, it doesn’t mean this loose. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced on Tuesday it has fined...
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Judge Declines to Approve Sale of Revel to Glenn Straub
A shuttered Revel in November 2014 (Photo: Dan McQuade) You’re not going to believe this. No, wait, you probably will. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gloria M. Burns today did not approve the sale of the failed...
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5 Charts That Show Just How Screwed Atlantic City Is
Atlantic City in February 2015 (Photo | Dan McQuade) On Tuesday, Atlantic City’s Chris Christie-appointed emergency management team released its first report. The results were grim. “The acute...
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Will More Atlantic City Casinos Close?
Resorts and the Trump Taj Mahal were the only two Atlantic City casinos that posted operating losses for the first quarter of 2015. (Photo: Dan McQuade) Atlantic City’s casinos recently reported a bit...
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Jersey Man Arrested After Peeing on Casino Slots
Shutterstock.com A New Jersey man was arrested Friday after he peed in the coin tray of a slot machine at a Pennsylvania casino. William Compton, a 53-year-old man from Manalapan, New Jersey,...
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Boutique Casinos Closer to Reality in Atlantic City
Photo | Dan McQuade It was more than four years ago that Chris Christie signed legislation approving new boutique casinos in Atlantic City. Despite interest from a few groups and one submitted...
View ArticleWATCH: Documentary Examines Lives of Unemployed AC Casino Workers
2014 was a brutal year in Atlantic City : 8,000 jobs were lost in 2014 after the closure of four of the city’s 12 struggling casinos. Now the Media Mobilizing Project has released a documentary ,...
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Insider: African-American Leadership Is Rolling Over for Casino Deal
[Update: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 3 p.m.] After publication of this op-ed, Philly mag learned that the author performed public relations work for the National Action Network, an organization that is a...
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Stockton: Icahn Wanted 1,331 Hotel Rooms to Waive Casino Pact
Showboat Casino on September 1st, 2014, the day after it closed. (Photo: Dan McQuade) Yesterday, an independent report commissioned by Stockton University about the school’s disastrous purchase of the...
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Shaq Invented a New Form of Blackjack and He’s Debuting It at Parx
Photo via PRNewsFoto/Parx Casino Shaquille O’Neal is a man of many talents. Basketball, acting, rapping, trying to build apartments in Atlantic City, tweeting, et cetera. And now, perhaps, he’s made...
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These 2 Bills Would Allow Sports Gambling, Airport Slots in Pa.
Original photo by Garry Knight used under a Creative Commons license. A Pennsylvania lawmaker is in a mood to expand legalized gambling. Not only does he want to make it legal for you to gamble on...
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Why Pennsylvania Should Follow Nevada’s Lead and Regulate FanDuel and DraftKings
Nevada is rarely a pillar of morality or model lawmaking. However, the state’s decision last week to shut down daily fantasy sports operators such as DraftKings and FanDuel until they obtain gaming...
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Board to Monitor South Philly Casino’s Lofty Diversity Promises
The most recent artist’s rendering of the Live! Casino at Packer Ave. and Darien Streets in South Philadelphia. (Photo courtesy of Stadium Casino LLC) Last week, Stadium Casino announced ambitious...
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Appeals Court: Trump Taj Mahal Can Strip Union Benefits
Photo | Dan McQuade A federal appeals court has ruled that Trump Entertainment — the parent company of the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City — can strip pension and health benefits from about 1,100...
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There Will Be an Atlantic City Segment on New Year’s Eve the Next 3 Years
“Miss America 1953 swimsuit competition” by Fred Hess & Son. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. Yesterday, the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority agreed to pay...
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N.J. Announces Regulations for Skill-Based Casino Video Games
The Attack from Mars pinball machine at the Silverball Museum in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Based on the skyline, this pinball game is set in Philadelphia. New Jersey gambling is going to get a little...
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SugarHouse’s New Event Space Opens This Weekend
SugarHouse opens its new events space to the public this weekend with a LeAnn Rimes concert. And, the casino announced this week the second performer to appear: Comedian Trevor Noah, the new host of...
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