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New York Times: Can Atlantic City raise the stakes?

(via New York Times) · October 26, 2009 · 3:05 PM

Cars and buses cruising down the Atlantic City Expressway pass billboards promoting “$150,000 Money Madness,” casinos that have “so many ways to spin and win,” and places offering “free buffets on Monday and Wednesday.” Closer to the heart of the city, where a long strand of casinos sits tight against the ocean, yet another sign proclaims: “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada.”

What?

The billboard — a promotion by Harrah’s, a casino operator with strongholds here and in Las Vegas that is offering to send frequent gamblers out West — smacks of an underlying and unavoidable vibe in Atlantic City these days: Most people would rather be anywhere else.

Discussion: 2 comments so far...

  1. By POWERPLAY
    10/27/09 at 9:53 a.m.
    Suggest removal

    Atlantic City: Has, Is, And always will be a dump! Also the political corruption there is just as bad as Chicago.

  2. By American_Gaming_Guru
    10/27/09 at 11:46 a.m.
    Suggest removal

    AC is a dump because its citizens have not stepped forward to present or elect competent leaders that have the city's best interest in mind over their own...plain and simple.

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