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Caesars Entertainment buys bookmaker William Hill for $3.7B
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Caesars Entertainment said Wednesday it is buying the British bookmaker William Hill for $3.7 billion in a deal aimed at binding its casinos ever closer to the fast-growing legal sports betting industry in the U.S. Caesars said it is interested in the the company's U.S. assets,...
Firefighters' union sues state, city over virus handling
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Atlantic City firefighters' union filed a lawsuit against the city and state over their handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying scores of firefighters have been exposed to the virus. The Press of Atlantic City reports that lawyers for Local 198 allege in a complaint in...
Video shows New Jersey police fatally shooting Black man
Police officers who had been called to help a bleeding, disturbed Black man wandering along a road outside Atlantic City shot him to death after he ignored orders to drop a broken bottle, video released Friday by New Jersey’s attorney general shows. Amir Johnson, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was killed...
Atlantic City is leading a wave of female casino leaders
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — For decades, women have dealt cards or served drinks in casinos, but they rarely got the chance to run the joint. But women now run four of Atlantic City's nine casinos in what some industry executives and observers say could be the future of the gambling industry. Caesars...
Trop boss makes 4 of 9 Atlantic City casinos run by women
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J,. (AP) — Four of Atlantic City's nine casinos will be run by women, following Wednesday's appointment of a veteran female executive to run the Tropicana. Caesars Entertainment named Jacqueline Grace as senior vice president and general manager of Tropicana, one of four casinos it...
New Jersey sets US sports betting monthly record at $668M
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gamblers set a nationwide record for the most money bet on sports in a single month, plunking down almost $668 million in August on events including resurgent baseball, basketball and hockey seasons that had been interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, figures...
NJ Transit launches ridership app that shows how many aboard
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — NJ Transit on Monday announced a pilot program for its mobile app that allows passengers preparing to board to see how many other passengers are riding their bus or train. Green, yellow and red color-coded icons will indicate light, medium or heavy ridership, the agency said....
Man charged in NJ woman's shooting death
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a woman over the weekend following what officials call a neighborhood dispute, authorities said. Police in Atlantic City were called shortly before 11:30 a.m. Saturday about a person with a gunshot wound....
Defected casino exec must return phone with high-roller info
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — An executive who left Atlantic City's top casino to work for a competitor must return a cellphone laden with valuable information on his previous employer's highest rollers and best customers, a federal judge ordered. U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro issued a temporary...
New Jersey regulators take new look at wind, gas projects
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Regulators are taking a second look at large-scale energy projects proposed for both sides of New Jersey’s shoreline that involve wind energy and liquefied natural gas. State Senate President Steve Sweeney and two other legislators want the Board of Public Utilities to...
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