“We’re all trying to figure out what happened,” said Don Guardian, a Republican Assemblyman and former mayor of Atlantic City. No explanation was given for either of the changes, and top Democratic leaders did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday and Wednesday. An original bill reauthorizing online betting would have given it another 10 years, but lawmakers sliced that to just two years on Tuesday.Īfter an outcry from casinos, their political allies and business groups in southern New Jersey, lawmakers amended the bill yet again to extend internet gambling for five years.īut the rationale for the original change - and its modification on Wednesday - remained a mystery to many in the seaside gambling resort. On Wednesday evening, legislators abandoned a move they made a day earlier to drastically cut the extension of internet casino gambling in the state. Internet gambling in New Jersey would be allowed to take place for at least five more years under the latest proposal by state lawmakers. The online-only Caesars Entertainment Interactive NJ won $8.5 million, down nearly 22%.ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Resorts Digital, the casino’s online arm, won $59.5 million, up nearly 53%. Hard Rock won $62.7 million in July, up nearly 5% Golden Nugget won nearly $54 million, up nearly 10% Ocean won $42.4 million, down 2% Tropicana won $32.3 million, down nearly 10% Harrah’s won $25.2 million, down 4.2% Caesars won $25.1 million, down 1.5% Bally’s won $24.1 million, up more than 16%, and Resorts won $15.3 million, down more than 16%. It broke its own monthly revenue record of $124 million in July 2022.īorgata president Travis Lunn said the strong performance is due to positive customer response to the former Water Club hotel, now redone as the MGM Tower a high-limit slots lounge and a new restaurant, none of which were available a year ago. The Borgata’s record-breaking $127 million total win in July was up nearly 3% from a year earlier. Just two of the nine casinos - Hard Rock and Ocean - won more from in-person gamblers last month than they did in July 2019, although several came close to equaling that mark. In-person gambling is also a closely watched metric when compared to the levels the casinos were experiencing before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

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