Atlantic City - Tropicana Casino and Resort's new owner indicated Wednesday that it has completed most of its layoffs after making deep cuts that jolted the property over the last four months. Tropicana's work force has fallen from 4,507 employees on Jan. 2 to 3,818 as of May 1, a 15 percent decline, according to figures compiled by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.
Atlantic City, New Jersey -- The air inside Atlantic City's casinos was notably cleaner Sunday, as a restrictive new smoking law took effect. Well-placed signs let gamblers determine which areas were OK to smoke in, and only a few patrons had to be reminded not to light up in no-smoking areas. The new law restricts smoking to no more than 25 percent of a casino's floor. It went into effect Sunday, exactly a year after New Jersey's Smoke-Free Air Act prohibited cigar, cigarette and pipe smoking in restaurants, bars, private office buildings and other indoor places.
Atlantic City - The parent company of three casinos bearing Donald Trump's name moved today to block the results of a vote by dealers at Trump Plaza to join a labor union. Trump Entertainment Resorts filed an objection with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to set aside the results of a March 31 election in which dealers voted by a more than 2-to-1 margin to join the United Auto Workers.
Atlantic City - Although dealers at Caesars Atlantic City voted overwhelmingly over the weekend to join a union, it could be quite some time before employees sit down at the bargaining table with casino management. The company announced plans to challenge the election results before the National Labor Relations Board, alleging workers were pressured or threatened by the union to sign up. Dealers, keno and simulcast employees voted 572 to 128 to become part of the United Auto Workers union in Saturday's vote.
Newark, New Jersey - Atlantic City's casinos should be completely smoke-free, but a full ban should wait until it's clear how a partial one enacted last week will work, Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Monday. Up to a quarter of casino floors are to be walled off and set aside as smoking areas by April 15 under the city regulation. "Ideally, I think we ought to have completely smoke-free casino floors," Corzine said after an unrelated news conference in Newark. "I'd like to see a complete ban. But this is a very positive step forward."
Seit 20 Januar schlugen sich weit über tausend Pokerspieler, vorwiegend aus den USA, im Borgata Casino & Spa in Atlantic City um Ehre, Bracelets und dicke Dollarbündel. Insgesamt wurden 10 Bewerbe, mit Nenngebühren zwischen USD 500 und USD 10.000 ausgetragen. Der Hauptbewerb, im Rahmen der World Poker Tour, begann am 29. Januar. 381 Teilnehmer erlegten ein Buy-in von USD 9.700 + 300, was zu einer Summe von USD 3.695.700 in Preisgeldern führte.
