Casinos

Atlantic City casino workers are furious that the New Jersey Legislature is moving quickly to pass a bill giving tax breaks to the gambling halls, but not acting on a measure that would permanently prohibit smoking in the casinos.

There’s a risk that four of Atlantic City’s nine casinos could close if changes aren’t made to a 2016 law recalculating the industry’s tax payments, Senate President Steve Sweeney said.

In the survey of 813 registered New Jersey voters, conducted in October 2021, 44% of respondents said they're strongly in favor of a permanent prohibition on smoking indoors in New Jersey casinos.

Hard Rock would need permission from New Jersey voters to build in the Meadowlands — a plan in 2016 that would have authorized casinos outside Atlantic City was soundly rejected.

You see them on TV, and if you're very lucky and get there on the right day, you may see your favorite celebrity chefs in their Atlantic City restaurants.