Desperate Atlantic City To Offer Fantasy Sports

Officials in New Jersey appear to be doing everything in their power to help the casino companies in Atlantic City who have seen their winnings slump since 2006.

On Monday, state regulators announced the temporary adoption of regulations (effective April 22) which authorize Atlantic City casinos to offer fantasy sports tournaments. The trial run will last 270 days, after which regulators will work to make the activity permanent.

“The casinos’ vast customer base and the ability to have contest winners utilize the casino cage to accept entry fees for fantasy sports tournaments and pay out winnings resulting from those tournaments provides an exciting opportunity to bring fantasy sports tournaments to Atlantic City,” Director David Rebuck said in a press release.

Casinos are allowed to partner with existing fantasy sports providers.

In addition to the new fantasy games, Atlantic City casinos are on their way toward Internet gambling, after Gov. Chris Christie legalized the activity in February. The state is also challenging the federal government on a sports betting ban.

The moves come amidst a planned bankruptcy filing by the city’s most expensive casino and a record low sale price for one of the area’s worst-performing joints, just to name a couple depressing business developments. There were talks of closings if the state didn’t enact measures to provide the casinos with more ways to siphon off money from gamblers.

Atlantic City’s free fall has also occurred concurrently with gambling expansion in the region — most notably in Pennsylvania. The desperation for tax revenue, increased economic activity and the possibility of some new jobs has spurred constant efforts to increase gambling.

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idun215
2 months ago

only a matter of time before they legalize all sports betting.

 

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x19
2 months ago

its also only a matter of time before Atlantic City is completely neutralized and operating at a loss as a gambling destination unless they come up with some sort of succesful gimmick....its only a matter of time.

 

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THEJOEF
2 months ago

If you havnt been to AC good for you.
Anything outside the Borgata is basically a sewer.
The town is scary at times and is the armpit of the jersey shore.
It's a shame that scum like Trump never really put money into the beaches. They dressed it up a little and of course now they are running around like nut jobs trying figure out what the hell to do .
AC is over!

 

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TandG21
2 months ago

THEJOEF
you hit the nail on the head,
they have relied on the bus traffic bringing in the slot players for to long,now that they can go outside of AC to play closer to there homes. Only on the weekends are they busy, including casinos on the
boardwalk.As for Revel shutting out the smokers, ther slots are tighter then a ducks a---. no poker room players, they have to wake up
soon. Open up a sports bettig Rm make some changes in there blackjack
play.And relize you are no longer only gambling place on east coast.

 

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