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You might have heard about Craig Biggio’s New Jersey-born wife chasing down a male fan who slapped her at game two of the Astros-White Sox World Series. Anyway, Michelle Malkin had this to say: Biggio told the Houston Chronicle that his wife is fine and quipped: “You don’t slap a New Jersey girl and get […]

If you bought a t-shirt with the names of all Atlantic City casinos back in 1985, it might have looked like this: If you like this shirt, you can bid with Vintage Pimps and maybe take it home. This shirt is cool because most of the casinos have changed names, which shows how much the

I just found this interesting because a guy I used to work with had an unnatural fascination for guinea hens, so it’s kind of an inside joke. But still, it’s an example of how growth brings unforeseen problems.

Some people think that the perfect place to live does not exist. They’re wrong–it’s Moorestown, NJ, according to Money magazine. With average SAT scores of over 1150, students there, I’m sure, will have no problem overcoming the stigma of being from New Jersey. It’s a stigma, to be sure. As a native of Atlantic City,

I’m proud to write for Casino Connection, the official magazine of Atlantic City casino employees. After all, I used to be one, and it gives me a nice platform to talk about Atlantic City history once a month. This month, it has a great article about something that makes Atlantic City unique–its Italian bread.

Another week, another email from “Al Absecon,” who’s still on his “one man quest” to have the statue of Lenin outside the AC Tropicana’s Red Square restaurant removed. Here it is, in its entirety, minus the obligatory Lenin photo:

As you may have heard, Dennis Gomes, described as the “gimmick king of Atlantic City” (his official title is president of resort operations for Aztar, which owns AC’s Tropicana) is leaving Aztar a bit early. One of my readers seized on this newsbit to send me an interesting email….

I’ve been talking about Wynn Las Vegas a lot lately, but don’t think I’ve been neglecting my hometown any. Here’s two interesting facts from the Atlantic City, New Jersey Detailed Profile that probably explain why, to pursue a career in higher education, I had to leave the city: Number of college students below state average.

When casinos opened in Atlantic City in 1978, New Jersey governor Brendan Byrne famously warned organized crime to keep their stinking paws off of his state. Well, those weren’t his exact words, but they would have been in Charlton Heston had been playing him. Come to think of it, Byrne wasn’t going around half-naked either,

I thought that my site was a little eccentric–after all, how many people go around the country taking pictures of casino carpets and posting them to the web? But I have to yield the floor to an even more obscure site: the NJ Transit Bus Fan Page. I hope that the ironic intent of my

“We’re on the verge of one of the greatest booms in the country.” — New Jersey State Senator Bill Gormley, describing the incorporation of a new House of Blues into the Showboat expansion. Is it all right if I’m embarrassed to be born in a city where a casino expansion gets this kind of gushing

“It’s like this place is haunted by the images of this city in its glory days.” –Curtis Bashaw, head of Atlantic City’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, on seeing black and white photos of the old boardwalk in casino executives’ offices. Actually, Curtis, I think it’s called an appreciation of history, and most thinking people display

As an Atlantic City native who wrote a book on the evolution of the casino resort, I’ve got some definite thoughts about the role of casinos in urban redevelopment. Now, a year and a half after the publication of Suburban Xanadu, some people in my hometown might be starting to see the light.

The Atlantic City Boardwalk used to be a tremendous showpiece for the city. The coming of casino resorts designed as insular, all-in-one destinations has translated into a steady decline for the boards. Now, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has a plan for its renewal.

If you read my bio, you know that I used to work in casino surveillance, so new stories about it are always favorites of mine. I’d read about this “incident” from Caesars before, but it’s back in the news again.

I’ve said it for years…legal sports betting is essential towards Atlantic City cementing its place as the casino capital of the East. Now, it looks like it has a shot of happening.

The rancorous monthlong strike that pitted Local 54 against7 Atlantic City casinos is over. Given that the new contract is five years, rather than the three wanted by the union, I’d say this was a victory for the casinos, though of course everyone lost with the disruption of the strike. From CBS via AP: The