There are now five other companies offering mobile sports betting including Caesars, MGM, Sugar House, Fan Duel and William Hill. Resorts, in cooperation with its sports book partner DraftKings, was the first Atlantic City casino to offer legalized online and mobile sports betting in New Jersey, having launched the platform on August 6, 2018.

The Golden Nugget and Resorts soon followed with their own sports books on August 15. Island Waterpark at Showboat Hotel, a 100 million waterpark. On July 30, 2018, Wild Wild West Casino inside Bally’s Atlantic City opened a sports book, followed by Harrah’s on August 1. Casino & Hotels: Spiegelworlds The Hook and Superfrico are now open at Caesars Atlantic City. At its peak, 12 Atlantic City casinos generated upwards of 5.2 billion in gambling revenue in a single year. On June 22, 2023, in Atlantic City, Howell resident Sara Demott, 40, with her boys (l-r) Wyatt and Waylon, 3, and 1, at the opening of the new Island Water Park at the Showboat. The Jersey Shore became an East Coast gambling mecca. Once Resorts took that first bet, Atlantic City was never the same again. Harrah’s Atlantic City Sets Opening Date for Expanded Arcade. A line of well-dressed people waited on the Atlantic City Boardwalk for the casino doors to open at 10 a.m. Ocean Casino Resort was the second casino to have a sports book when the property opened June 27, 2018. As of September, Atlantic City’s nine casinos collectively employed 23,241 people. On JNew Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legal sports gambling into law.īorgata was the first Atlantic City casino to offer sports betting on June 14, 2018. Supreme Court case clearing the way for all 50 states to offer sports betting, should they choose to do so.

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