{"id":5986,"date":"2016-10-25T14:26:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T19:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=5986"},"modified":"2023-02-02T09:54:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T15:54:07","slug":"the-taj-mahal-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/the-taj-mahal-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Taj Mahal: the Rise and Fall of the Eighth Wonder of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today, whether you live near Atlantic City or not, finding a casino convenient to your home is no problem at all for most Americans. But that wasn\u2019t always the case. Prior to 1978, there was only one state in the country where land-based casino gambling was legal, and that was Nevada. Then on May, 26th of that year, New Jersey became the second state to offer legalized casino gambling with the opening of Resorts Casino in Atlantic City.<\/p>\n