Atlantic City’s gaming halls really want to send summer out with a bang. The Borgata is offering three times the slot dollars, redeemable on another trip, if you play there September 4, 5, or 6 – or all three days. There are a couple caveats to their largess. First, you must earn [...]
Most Atlantic City poker rooms have a progressive bad-beat jackpot. A dollar or so from each hand played goes into the kitty, and the amount grows. It’s common to see the jackpots get well into six figures. The largest one to hit so far, at the Borgata, was more than $600,000. When the jackpot [...]
Trump Marina has joined the growing Atlantic City casino bandwagon, and gone a step further. The gaming hall started offering $1 blackjack tables in the last week or so. No, this isn’t the El Cortez in downtown Las Vegas or the $1 blackjack at the Sahara on the Strip. Like every other low-limit [...]
I don’t believe the summer is almost over. I see the days getting shorter and kids getting ready to go back to school and it always leaves me a bit sad. But a couple of Atlantic City casinos want to let the season end with a bang, so they’re offering promotions as an [...]
Atlantic City, NJ (August 16, 2010) – With sunny skies, palm trees and 70 degree temperatures 365 days a year, Tropicana is always in a state of endless summer and wants to offer new and existing fans and followers a chance to win a two-night getaway package. Now through September 6, Facebook fans and Twitter [...]
Thunder Over the Boardwalk, the annual Atlantic City airshow, roars into town next Wednesday, August 25. In previous years, it has attracted up to a million people to watch the planes, parachuters and helicopters do their stunts over the ocean. The show is free, but if you want to go, there are several [...]
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – August 12, 2010 – It’s another first for Resorts Casino Hotel! Konami Gaming, Inc’s “Advantage RevolutionTM” slot machines debuted in Atlantic City at Resorts Casino on Thursday, August 12, 2010. There are four different themes for Advantage RevolutionTM now available at Resorts: Dragon Hurricane, Diamond Safari, Heat Engine and Atlantic Adventure. [...]
There was an Atlantic City Film Festival that ran from about 1997 to 2003. The films were pretty good, but it fizzled out.. Well, a new group is now trying a similar venture. More than 80 independent films – feature length and shorts - and a dozen music acts will be shown September 8-12 at all four [...]
The Atlantic City Hilton hasn’t paid its mortgage for more than a year, and the lender wants to put the casino up for sale to get its money back, the local paper reported Saturday. It filed papers in federal court asking a receiver to take over the property until it can be sold. [...]
If the New Riders of the Purple Sage didn’t float your boat, here’s another free concert happening Saturday at Gardner’s Basin. For those unfamiliar with the location, take New Hampshire Avenue (a few blocks north of the Showboat) away from the ocean to the end, and Gardner’s Basin is there. You can also take [...]