Tropicana Casino & Resort
$115K in casino fines for cheating, underage cases
Jan 05, 2011 01:43 EST
New Jersey set to fine casinos $115,000 in cheating, broken alarm, underage gambling cases. New Jersey casino regulators are set to hand out $115,000 in fines to Atlantic City casinos that failed to immediately catch a cheating dealer and customer, had a malfunctioning alarm system that let a robber walk away with $8,000, allowed someone else to fill out tax forms for five slots jackpots other than the real winner, and allowed underage patrons to gamble and drink.
Big changes possible for Atlantic City in 2011
Jan 02, 2011 19:12 EST
Atlantic City, the nation's 2nd-largest gambling market, is in line for major changes in 2011. Atlantic City could see major changes in 2011 that could help the nation's second-largest gambling market come back to life after stalling and struggling for four years.
Big changes possible for Atlantic City in 2011
Jan 02, 2011 11:29 EST
Atlantic City, the nation's 2nd-largest gambling market, is in line for major changes in 2011. Atlantic City could see major changes in 2011 that could help the nation's second-largest gambling market come back to life after stalling and struggling for four years.
Atlantic City's November casino revenues lousy
Dec 10, 2010 15:16 EST
Atlantic City's November casino revenues lousy; competition, effects of recession blamed. Atlantic City's 11 casinos had little to be thankful for in November as their monthly revenue fell 12.5 percent from a year ago.
Gamblers spending less time, money in AC casinos
Dec 07, 2010 11:14 EST
Study shows gamblers spending fewer hours, less money in Atlantic City casinos. The amount of time gamblers are spending in Atlantic City casinos is falling, and they're holding on more tightly to their wallets while they're there.
New Resorts owner: All ailing casino needs is love
Dec 05, 2010 12:03 EST
New Resorts Atlantic City owner: Love, positive energy part of plan to revive ailing casino. Asked about his plans to save Resorts Atlantic City, the first casino in the United States to open outside Nevada, new owner Dennis Gomes briefly touches on spruced up hotel rooms, guest suites and a snazzier casino floor.
NJ casino secondhand smoke suit settled for $4.5M
Dec 03, 2010 12:20 EST
Former NJ casino dealer who said secondhand smoke caused cancer settles lawsuit for $4.5M. A former casino employee who said his lung cancer was caused by 25 years of exposure to secondhand smoke at work has settled a lawsuit against his ex-employer for $4.5 million.
NJ regulators OK sale of Resorts Atlantic City
Dec 01, 2010 15:31 EST
NJ regulators approve sale of Resorts Atlantic City, nation's first casino outside Nevada. When it opened 32 years ago, Resorts Atlantic City was the only place in the United States you could go gamble legally outside Nevada.
Fire briefly disrupts gambling at NJ casino
Nov 27, 2010 15:28 EST
Fire briefly disrupts gambling at Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino and Resort; no injuries. Officials say gambling was briefly halted at an Atlantic City, N.J., casino when a fire damaged part of the building.
More bad news for 3 struggling AC casinos
Nov 17, 2010 16:40 EST
New financial figures show Resorts, Hilton, Trump Marina struggling in Atlantic City. Quarterly financial information released Wednesday by New Jersey casino regulators paints a grim picture for Atlantic City's three most endangered casinos.
Rebounding NJ casino in line for 1-year license
Nov 10, 2010 21:43 EST
Once-beleaguered Tropicana expected to get new 1-year license from NJ casino regulators. New Jersey casino regulators celebrated the Tropicana Turnaround on Wednesday, granting the once beleaguered casino a new license three years after taking it away.
New NJ casino-owner is known for offbeat marketing
Oct 22, 2010 15:58 EDT
Chickens, Castro and Obama: Buyer of NJ casino will stop at nothing to promote. His efforts to root out mob influence in Las Vegas gambling halls were immortalized in the Martin Scorsese film "Casino."
Aug. casino revenue down 11.3 pct in Atlantic City
Sep 10, 2010 14:44 EDT
August casino revenue down 11.3 percent in Atlantic City amid increased competition in Pa.. Talk about dog days: What should have been one of the best months of the year for Atlantic City's casinos instead saw revenue at the gambling houses fall by 11.3 percent.
Former exec to buy Resorts Atlantic City casino
Aug 23, 2010 14:03 EDT
Former executive strikes a deal to buy Resorts Atlantic City, the city's 1st casino. A casino regulator who became a casino executive has struck a deal to buy Atlantic City's first legal casino in a move that could offer some optimism that the struggling gambling mecca can be revived.
Atlantic City casino, dealers get union pact
Aug 19, 2010 17:10 EDT
Tropicana, Atlantic City casino dealers approve deal on first-ever union contract. Dealers at Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino and Resort on Thursday approved the first union-bargained contract ever for casino dealers in the gambling mecca.
Atlantic City casinos see 5 pct July revenue drop
Aug 10, 2010 15:52 EDT
Atlantic City casino revenues drop by 5 percent in July as Pa. introduces table games. Atlantic City casino revenues dropped again in July as competition heated up from the introduction of table games in Pennsylvania and after a weekend air conditioning failure hurt results at two properties.
June swoon a bad sign for Atlantic City casinos
Jul 09, 2010 15:10 EDT
June swoon bad for Atlantic City casinos, which now must compete with Pa., Del. table games. June was Atlantic City's last chance to post a good financial performance from its 11 casinos while offering something its main competitor didn't: table games.
Atlantic City casino revenue takes a June swoon
Jul 09, 2010 14:42 EDT
Revenue swoons in June at Atlantic City casinos, faces competition from neighbors' table games. June was Atlantic City's last chance to post a good financial performance from its 11 casinos while offering something its main competitor didn't: table games. But that chance went by the boards.
Bus crash in Atlantic City injures 24 people
Jun 24, 2010 19:38 EDT
Bus crash in Atlantic City, NJ, injures 24 people; 1 still in critical condition. A bus carrying gamblers from New York City's Chinatown to this seaside casino resort crashed into two other vehicles, then smashed into a retaining wall Thursday morning. Twenty-four of the 50 people aboard were injured, including the driver, who was thrown through the windshield and then run over by the runaway vehicle.
Bus crash in Atlantic City hurts 24, 3 critically
Jun 24, 2010 13:22 EDT
Police say 24 people were injured when a bus crashed while on its way into Atlantic City, N.J.