However, year-to-date the industry remains down 8.4 percent as the former gambling mecca of the east coast continues to struggle.<\/p>\n
Casinos operators have long blamed gambling legalization on behalf of neighboring states as the leading cause of the city’s demise. No longer do residents in Pennsylvania, Maryland, or Delaware need to travel to Atlantic City.<\/p>\n
And if neighboring residents do indeed travel to Atlantic City, they’re rather unlikely to return as the once-glistening resort town is only a shell of its past self.<\/p>\n
\n“It’s so sad to see what’s happened,” GOP 2016 frontrunner Donald Trump told The Daily Beast last December. “I left years ago. I got extremely lucky. My timing was extremely good, through talent or luck, I’m not sure.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nAn excursion to Atlantic City today is like traveling down memory lane, several of the Boardwalk’s crown jewels sitting unoccupied and silent.<\/p>\n
New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement typically releases its gaming data in the middle of the month.<\/p>\n
Only then will Atlantic City identify if the strong reports from Maryland represent an increase in gambling countrywide, or if it simply represents Maryland natives staying home for their gambling entertainment.<\/p>\n
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The Maryland casino industry is flourishing, the state’s Lottery and Gaming Control Commission releasing financial data for last month that proves citizens and nearby residents are enjoying the conveniences of having gambling venues located in the Mid-Atlantic region. Casino revenue statewide totaled $94,760,583 for the month of October, a 9.2 increase year-to-year. The growth represents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":32455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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