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Trump Plaza Offers
$7.98 All-you-can-eat

The Trump Plaza is bringing back the big eats-small prices buffet. The price is $7.98 – the lowest in Atlantic City, the Plaza says. The price includes a $2 discount with a Trump One players club card, and like all similar players club cards it’s free to pick up one...
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Revel Prepares
For Reboot in Year 2

Jeffrey Hartmann, Revel’s interim CEO, performed a nifty bit of multi-tasking as he testified before New Jersey’s Casino Control Commission this week. In making his case for why the commissioners should approve the struggling resort’s Chapter 11 restructuring plan, Hartmann managed to spear a hefty slice of humble pie with...
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A.C. Gaming Revenues
Down 12.1% in April

New Jersey’s monthly gaming revenue numbers for April told a now familiar disappointing story for Atlantic City’s casinos. For yet another month, Jersey Shore casinos saw a decline in gambling revenues. For April, the decrease was 12.1 percent from April 2012. The 12 casinos made $228.53 million in April compared...
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Drive Dream Car
At AC Boardwalk

The chance to drive an exotic luxury car is part of Harry’s Oyster Bar’s car festival on May 15-16. Harry’s, at Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City, is hosting the car festival showcasing exotic cars along with special vendor booths, live music and food on the Boardwalk on Wednesday-Thursday, May 15-16....
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More Management Changes At Revel

Like the waves rolling up on the beach outside its doors, the changes just keep coming at Revel. This week the struggling resort shed its top marketing executive after just six months on the job in favor of a casino consulting group. The Fine Point Group, led by former Harrah’s...
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Judge’s Order Revives
PokerStars Casino Deal

The deal for PokerStars to buy the Atlantic Club casino is back on — or at least it’s not off. On Monday, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Raymond Batten issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits the Atlantic Club, which has struggled badly in recent years, from trying to make...
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Online Poker Begins
On Nevada Website

Viva la revolution. On Tuesday, the first state-sanctioned casino Internet gambling site involving real money opened for business in the United States. Ultimate Poker, a subsidiary of Las Vegas-based Stations Casino, dealt its first online poker hand at midday writing the first page of what promises to an interesting story...
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Failed PokerStars Deal
Puts Bad Beat on A.C.

Atlantic City’s aces just got cracked. Again. A senior executive with the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel has confirmed the proposed purchase of the languishing property by PokerStars’ parent company is a no-go. Had the deal closed, it had the potential to resuscitate one of the Shore’s weakest properties and ensure...
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Wine Promenade
On A.C. Boardwalk

The Do AC Boardwalk Wine Promenade will be held May 4-5 featuring 150 wines presented at seven destinations along the Boardwalk. Strolling along the Boardwalk, guests will be able to sample the broad range of wines and sample food from Atlantic City restaurants from the gourmet to Shore favorites from...
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Video: ‘I Love Lucy’
At Harrah’s in July

It’s 1952 and you’re in the studio audience for the I Love Lucy TV show. OK, you’ll really be at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City but the I Love Lucy Live On Stage show will take you to television’s Golden Era with Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel. The show running...
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