Even sports betting will not save Atlantic City
- Aug 10, 2018
To think that sports betting will help drive the long declining popularity of Atlantic City into a major new direction is unreasonable.
Read More . . .To think that sports betting will help drive the long declining popularity of Atlantic City into a major new direction is unreasonable.
Read More . . .While Las Vegas has tremendous appeal for tourists, New Jersey’s population is simply much bigger, and wealthierThese factors have propelled NJ online gambling into a quarter-billion dollar a year industry, and that’s important because online will be the key to sports betting success as well.
Read More . . .There are no VIP ropes anymore. The DraftKings Sportsbook app is officially open to everyone in New Jersey. A few days after soft-launching its mobile sports betting product, which included only accepting bets from invite-only guests, DraftKings rolled out its NJ sportsbook app to the public Monday morning.
Read More . . .A New Jersey woman who decided to gamble on her smartphone while on a conference call for her job won an online slots jackpot of $287,945 on Thursday afternoon.
Read More . . .On Wednesday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement approved the application by DraftKings and its land-based partner, Resorts, to offer online and mobile sports betting. The DraftKings Sportsbook application was released Wednesday and entertained invite-only users while the app undergoes several days of testing.
Read More . . .New Jersey’s first casino has its second major online sports betting deal in as many days. On Thursday, it was The Stars Group partnering with Resorts Casino Hotel to announce mobile and online sports betting.
Read More . . .With the introduction of sports betting at Wild Wild West, Bally’s became the third Atlantic City property to offer the gambling option, which became legal earlier this year following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Read More . . .June was the second full month of online poker liquidity sharing between Nevada and New Jersey, and revenue from the game has already started to trend in the right direction.
Read More . . .Bally’s Wild Wild West Casino is putting the final touches on a sports book that could open as soon as next week.
Read More . . .New Jersey’s foray into legal sports betting has mostly gone off without a hitch, but the state’s sportsbooks are still discovering little wrinkles in need of ironing out.
Read More . . .The Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey took in nearly $3.5 million in sports bets during its first nine days of accepting such bets.
Read More . . .The biggest threat of competition isn’t likely to come from neighboring states to New Jersey. “The market will be limited largely to people who don’t have a bookie, currently,”, said Joe Asher, CEO of William Hill.
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