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“Did Bally’s<\/strong> open a casino in Atlantic City<\/strong> and forget to tell anyone about it?” So asks our East Coast correspondent. “This is Bally’s yesterday (Sunday). A few casinos here would have more customers during a snow storm than this.” As though to prove their cluelessness, Bally’s Corp. mailed its faithful Boardwalk customers a lengthy flier touting the Tuesday promotions (including the blue-plate specials) at Dover Downs<\/strong>, right? Nope … Bally’s Vicksburg<\/strong>. What a waste of time, money and bandwidth. And this is the company that’s supposed to elevate Chicago<\/strong> into the casino major leagues?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Not content to be in last place in Atlantic City, Tilman Fertitta<\/strong>‘s management is implementing further cutbacks at the Golden Nugget. We “heard last week that [it] was going to move the Chairman’s Player lounge that now has an excellent Marina view to the former Buffet area (never re-opened after Covid). In the former buffet, the view is four walls and a new sign that says “closed Tuesday-Thursday.” On those days, the sign suggests going to Michael Patrick’s<\/strong> restaurant (if you’re being kind, it can just barely be considered a coffee shop) for a “Prefix [sic<\/em>] Menu. It’s ironic (or moronic) that the effective date starts Nov 1st, which is this next Tuesday, when they will be closed for three days.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our correspondent continues, “While speaking with another slot machine player, I learned a new casino description: She said she liked being in Golden Nugget because it’s such a ‘seniors casino.’ As I looked around, I had to agree with her. The Nugget had a Saturday night slot tournament for ‘Elite’ level players. It had awards for the top three players and everyone else who played got $100 free slot play, with no need to figure out the other scores. Too much math for seniors to figure out.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking of cutbacks, Borgata<\/strong> has closed off and is dismantling its Miralto High Limit<\/strong> slot lounge. “The curtains provide privacy so you don’t have to see your favorite slot machine being torn apart and removed.” It’s not just the high-limit room that’s on the way out. Our reporter say machines being removed in quantity from the main floor. We’d understand if this were one of the on-the-bubble casinos in town … but Borgata?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One property that drew and out-and-out rave (and rightly so) was Ocean Casino Resort<\/strong>, which held a Friday-night Halloween party. “It was a well-staged event, with an excellent band that had the talent and stamina to play for 90 minutes without a break. There was plenty of food, open bar, and prizes for costumes and also for ‘random, selected’ tables. The one thing I noted was most of the ‘winning tables’ were in the first two rows nearest the dance floor that had ‘reserved’ markers on their tables for high rollers (on Saturday night, they had another party that anyone could buy tickets for). This was a really great event and Ocean Casino and their people understand what ‘player development’ means.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, proving that Atlantic City government will always be a shambles, last Friday Mayor Marty Small<\/strong> (D) “declared the A.C. Housing Authority an emergency. Seems that HUD has a ‘zero threshold’ policy in place since July 2021. Mayor Small said, ‘In a nutshell (zero threshold) means they can’t buy a pencil without getting approval from the federal government.’ I fully understand because buying a pencil would be a challenge: A) the employee who needs a pencil would need directions to the nearest store, and B) the pencil would have to come with instructions on how to use it.” On a more serious note, at some Housing Authority-run properties, garbage had not been collected in a week, there were bedbug infestations, and some units lacked heat and hot water.” Sounds like Hell on earth. Over to you, Gov. Murphy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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