{"id":16055,"date":"2015-05-13T12:33:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T20:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=16055"},"modified":"2015-05-13T12:33:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T20:33:35","slug":"april-is-the-cruelest-month-for-atlantic-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/april-is-the-cruelest-month-for-atlantic-city\/","title":{"rendered":"April is the cruelest month for Atlantic City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not only did players put dramatically less money onto the tables and into the slots but <strong>Atlantic City<\/strong> casinos had a run of bad luck last month. All of these factors contributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CaesarsBallysAC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CaesarsBallysAC.jpg\" alt=\"CaesarsBallysAC\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CaesarsBallysAC.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CaesarsBallysAC-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>a 17% decline. When the four closed casinos are subtracted from the equation, the dip was a more-acceptable 4%. Slot coin-in fell 8% and win slipped 10%; table play was 20% off and casinos won 31% less. <strong>Borgata<\/strong> (down 3%) defied the trend to an extent, winning 1% more at the slots on 9% higher coin-in. Table play was rough, though, with 4% less wagered and 12% less won by the casino.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Internet<\/strong> play was a bright spot, rising 11% for a <!--more-->$13 million gross. Borgata still holds the plurality of market share (31%) but <strong>Golden Nugget<\/strong>, with 26%, is coming on strong.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caesars\u00a0Atlantic City<\/strong> had a spectacularly bad month, down 34%, while <strong>Bally&#8217;s Wild Wild West<\/strong> &#8212; ironically the next Caesars casino threatened with closure &#8212; helped redeem the company&#8217;s honor with a 3.5% gain, while <strong>Harrah&#8217;s Resort<\/strong> remained a pillar of strength, up 18% and solidly in second place behind Borgata. The only other property in town to post a decline was &#8212; you guessed it &#8212; <strong>Trump Taj Mahal<\/strong>, down 12%.<\/p>\n<p>Golden Nugget enjoyed a 10% boost while <strong>Tropicana Atlantic City<\/strong> was up 3%. Despite being in last place, <strong>Resorts Atlantic City<\/strong> performed well, gaining 12% over last year. In terms of gross, the casinos ranked as follows: Borgata ($53.5 million); Harrah&#8217;s Resort ($29 million); Tropicana Atlantic City and Caesars Atlantic City ($22.5 million each); Bally&#8217;s and Trump Taj Mahal ($16 million apiece); Golden Nugget ($14 million); Resorts Atlantic City ($12 million).<\/p>\n<p>* Closer to home, <strong>Mike Weatherford<\/strong> finds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/entertainment\/shows\/here-s-what-expect-mariah-carey-s-diva-showcase-photos\" target=\"_blank\">a well-informed middle ground<\/a> in the not-so-great\u00a0<strong>Mariah Carey<\/strong> debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not only did players put dramatically less money onto the tables and into the slots but Atlantic City casinos had a run of bad luck last month. All of these factors contributed to a 17% decline. When the four closed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/april-is-the-cruelest-month-for-atlantic-city\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,60,4,7,37,11,167,9,129,21,169],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16056,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16055\/revisions\/16056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}