Atlantic City casino earnings in 2021 surpassed pre-pandemic levels
Atlantic City's casino earnings have surpassed where they were before the coronavirus pandemic broke out. Eight of the nine casinos posted a gross operating profit last year, according to New Jersey officials.
NJ towns install electric car charging stations
New Jersey officials awarded $1 million in grants to install electric vehicle charging stations in 24 tourist areas around the state to reassure visitors who own electric vehicles that they can come to a vacation spot and not run out of power to get back home.
Borgata casino to renovate rooms, install new slot machines, new boss says
Atlantic City's market-leading Borgata casino has a new boss who is planning some significant investments, including renovating the hotel rooms and bringing in hundreds of new slot machines.
Hard Rock NYC casino sites explored
Hard Rock is looking at three potential sites in New York City on which it could build a $2 billion casino — but it won't be built at the location of its soon-to-open half-billion-dollar hotel in Manhattan.
NJ Transit bus crashes on Atlantic City Expressway injuring driver, passengers
At least six people were injured when a commuter bus headed to Philadelphia ran off the Atlantic City Expressway and hit a tree early Tuesday.
NJ to allow betting on eSports games
New Jersey has approved its first company to take bets on competitive video games, a fast-growing activity known as eSports that is popular with young people around the world
NJ SNOWFALL TOTALS: Winter storm drops a foot of snow on parts of New Jersey
A winter storm dumped a significant amount of snow on parts of New Jersey with some areas getting more than a foot of accumulation.
Atlantic City casino workers protest inaction on smoking ban
Atlantic City casino workers are furious that the New Jersey Legislature is moving quickly to pass a bill giving tax breaks to the gambling halls but not acting on a measure that would permanently ban smoking in the casinos.
Bally's facade is rosy again; can the casino's future be, too?
A year after new owners took over Bally's casino in Atlantic City, a $100 million facelift is underway involving hotel rooms, the casino floor and more. Rhode Island-based Bally's Corporation bought the Boardwalk property last November.
Man sets himself on fire, walks into Atlantic City convenience store
Police said the 24-year-old Somers Point man doused himself with rubbing alcohol and used a lighter to set himself on fire before going into the store.
NJ smashes own monthly sports betting record with $1.3B in bets
New Jersey’s red-hot sports betting industry smashed its own national record in October for the highest amount of bets taken in a single month, topping $1.3 billion.
Online slot game in payout flap says it took 'corrective action'
The manufacturer of a popular online slots game at the center of a lawsuit over how much a Pennsylvania woman should be paid for winning says it has "taken corrective action,” but maintains there are no grounds to pay the woman the $100,000 jackpot her phone told her she had won.
Atlantic City casinos may get property tax break
New Jersey lawmakers are proposing financial relief for Atlantic City's casinos to help them continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Online slots players say company refusing to pay jackpots
A Pennsylvania woman is suing the manufacturer of a popular online slots game, claiming it wrongly refused to pay her a $100,000 jackpot due to “a bug” in the product. She's not alone.
U.S. casinos have best quarter ever, fueled by online and sports bets
America's commercial casinos are marking the industry's best quarter ever and pushing U.S. casino revenue past what it was for all of 2020. Figures released Tuesday by the American Gaming Association show U.S. casinos are poised to have their best year ever in 2021 as more consumers feel comfortable visiting casinos amid the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, and as online and sports betting revenues continue to grow.
New Jersey sports betting has its first $1 billion month
Atlantic City's nine casinos and the three racetracks in New Jersey that take sports bets collectively took $1.01 billion in such wagers in September.
Atlantic City's Ocean Casino CEO resigns
Terry Glebocki has resigned as CEO of Atlantic City's Ocean Casino Resort. The casino did not give a reason for 's departure, which was announced to staff Monday morning. Glebocki helped Ocean, the casino formerly known as Revel, return to profitability, turning around a situation in which the business had been losing money for years.
Jersey Shore beach widening is a waste, groups say
New Jersey should drop a plan to double the amount of money it spends on beach replenishment, according to a coalition of environmental and fishing groups. They say that money would be better spent on measures to address repetitive flooding in the northern and central parts of the state.
Bird strikes plane engine, sparks fire at Atlantic City Airport
A Spirit Airlines flight at Atlantic City Airport was aborted on Saturday after officials say a large bird struck one of its engines as the plane was accelerating for takeoff and sparked a fire.
Man found dead in exhaust fan on building's roof
A man who tried to break into a restaurant in southern New Jersey was found dead in the exhaust fan on the roof, according to police.