After nine years of on-again, off-again movement, the Aqueduct casino project now seems all but certain to be a done deal. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, as expected, has given his approval to Genting New York’s bid, the final of three sign-offs needed in order for the state to now move ahead and sign a memorandum [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Casino, Events, Stories
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This is a long story, so bear with me. It’s about a cold-blooded killer named Mark Magee, who killed a shift manager at the Taj Mahal casino (Atlantic City) in 2009. Why? Because he figured all casinos in Atlantic City cheat. Magee, 58, is from Norristown, near where I used to live. In court, he [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Casino, Events, Stories, news
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You know how I HATE posting press releases. Goes against my grain as a journalist (I have won Associated Press awards as a reporter). Not that press releases don’t give you information. But it is always slanted to the group that it represents. You never get a press release saying So and So casino sucks. [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Games, Online, Stories
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Could one of the answer to solving Atlantic City’s casino doldrums be to allow smaller casinos (meaning 200 rooms or less) to be licensed? That seems to be what some N.J. legislators are contemplating these days. Right now the idea passed through a Senate committee. Former Mayor James Whelan, now a state senator, introduced legislation [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Atlantic City, Casino, Culture, Stories, news
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I have been to the Greenbrier resort. I have written about the resort for a number of magazines. It is spectacular. Awesome. Beautiful. Elegant. And more. Now…add to that an underground casino. I can’t wait. Here is the latest: Workers are in a mad dash to finish the casino, which is below the front lawn. [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2010 by doclotto | Filed Under Casino, Events, Stories
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