History Of Gambling In Atlantic City

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History Of Gambling In Atlantic City

History Of Gambling In Atlantic City

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Atlantic City resident Tom Foley tells Sweeney the resort’s ills are due to state interference dating to the legalization of casino gambling. Undeterred, Lesniak and the state began laying the groundwork for an attack on PASPA’s constitutionality with an non-binding amendment to the state’s constitution that would “authorize by law wagering at casinos or gambling houses in Atlantic City and at current or former running and harness horse racetracks on the result of professional.

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On a lead-gray day last week, Lesley Kittler of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, drove to this city by the sea to play a little poker, maybe try her luck on the slot machines, too.

But soon enough, she found herself staring into the hollowed casino legacy of Donald Trump.

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As a cut-to-bone wind swept off the choppy Atlantic and across a mostly deserted boardwalk, Kittler took in the ragged remains of the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino. The casino’s tower was blown up on Wednesday – an event Atlantic City saw as a tourist attraction and moneymaker, with spectators buying viewing spots at a nearby airport for $10 a car.

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“It’s exciting,” said Kittler, 41, a former Mary Kay cosmetics saleswoman. “But it’s like a piece of history, a piece of life, is going down the tubes.”