bought the slots and table games for another $8.4 million, and with no plans to keep the casino in operation it closed on January 13. Caesars Entertainment Corporation subsequently purchased the Atlantic Club buildings for $15 million while Tropicana Entertainment Inc. The year began with the shutting down of the Atlantic Club Casino shortly after a failed deal with PokerStars to purchase the small, struggling property located at the southern end of the Boardwalk. It has been an exceedingly rocky 2014 for embattled Atlantic City, with news from the famed Boardwalk this week once again punctuated by headlines of yet another casino closing - potentially the fifth this year to close out of the 12 that were open less than nine months ago. Fifth Atlantic City Casino Closure Announced We look at Atlantic City’s ongoing woes where a fifth casino has announced plans to close, news of sports betting being allowed in the casinos that remain, and what appears to be the imminent return of PokerStars to the United States via the Garden State. In this edition of Inside Gaming the focus is squarely upon New Jersey.
