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For those of you who play regularly in Atlantic City, or have an interest in the casino and gaming scene there, check out my columns at examiner.com .  While much of the information will be “old hat” to “regulars”, hopefully you’ll find something of interest.  Click here to go directly to my portion of the site.  To be alerted when a new article appears, click the “Subscribe” button to the right of my picture and name.

Atlantic City Crime Alert
“It started off innocently enough when the guy at the slot machine next to me asked where to insert his cash ticket,” a player reports.  “But this minor distraction gave him just enough time to try to stick his left hand into my right pants pocket and take my cash.  Fortunately, realizing what was happening, I grabbed his wrist and he ran away – without any of my money.”  Incidents like this probably happen at other AC casinos, as well as at casinos across the country, but this occurred at Caesars around 10 p.m. on a weeknight.  Apparently there also were a number of individuals sleeping at machines scattered around the second floor of the casino.  “What made it worse,” my correspondent writes, “is that the two Caesars employees I spoke to seemed more interested in their personal conversation than walking around to wake up and usher out these vagrants.”  [I witnessed a number of “slot sleepers” at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City about a year ago, and had a similar experience trying to get Harrah’s employees to take any action.]  “What aggravated the situation even more was that the next morning around 7:30, as I was walking to check-out, there still were people sleeping at the machines.  Meanwhile a whole ‘parade’ of business-suited male employees walked by oblivious to the situation.”

No Rain On This Parade
Showboat in Atlantic City has resumed its four-day-a-week schedule of free indoor parades.  Wednesday through Sunday, you can see the parade at 3:30, 6 and 8 p.m.  While entertaining, the concept is a bit ill-conceived, especially when crowds gather for the first “stop” across from the registration desk.  On busy weekends, security guards are necessary to herd the audiences away from the lines of people trying to check-in.  And, with folks in wheelchairs and children on top of their fathers’ shoulders, it’s often difficult to see the acts.  Still, you have to give Showboat credit for trying something different – and most of the performers are very talented.

Atlantic City Cashback Update
Harrah’s may be rethinking its decision to mail those Reel Rewards coupons in lieu of cashback from your play in Atlantic City; however, no official statement has been issued, and folks working the Caesars Total Rewards desk claimed to know nothing.  However, floating around the Internet is the following plan, but it cannot be confirmed:  While you still won’t get cold hard cash, you’ll be able to retrieve a coupon through the kiosks.  Print the voucher – minimum $5, in increments of $5 – and take it to the cashier to exchange for a Reel Rewards coupon.  In the future, the only thing you’ll get in the mail is a postcard telling you how much you’ve earned.  And, if you still haven’t redeemed any cashback balances prior to April 6, you won’t get the cash, just vouchers for Reel Rewards coupons available through the kiosks.  All existing cashback offers that were sent through the mail as Reel Rewards coupons will continue to be valid through their expiration date.

1:1 Comps At Pier Shops Restaurants
From June 20 – 30 you can redeem your Total Rewards credits on a 1:1 basis at the Pier Shops’ Phillips Seafood, Sonsie, Game On!, The Trinity and Souzai.  While these restaurants always have accepted Reward Credits, it was on a 2:1 basis.  In other words, your $100 dinner would cost you $200 in comps.

Claridge, Wild Wild West Getting ‘Facelifts’
The 29-story circa-1929 Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City will undergo a major renovation, thanks to a $20 million investment by Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. and another $3.6 million, courtesy of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA).  Describing it as a “modern cool” design, Harrah’s will be replacing furniture, bathroom fixtures, carpeting and bedding.  The CRDA money will be used for exterior work.  Meanwhile, down the street, another $1.5 million is being invested to completely overhaul the gaming floor at Wild Wild West.  The Wild Wild West project is expected to be complete

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The Atlantic City Press has a great article looking back at the past year and forward to this year for each Atlantic City casino.  Click here to see all of the analyst comments.  Below are the bullets for each casino.  I covered most of this as it was announced (go me!), but here’s a consolidated list.

Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino

Opened: May 14, 1984

Owner: Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc.

Employees: 2,187

2009 revenue: $202.3 million

Trump Plaza’s dismal performance in 2009 included a 28.7 percent decline in table game revenue and a 20.2 percent drop in slot winnings. The property will likely fall below $200 million in revenue in 2010. In 2005, it had more than $303 million in revenue.

This Boardwalk casino could use a facelift. Not much has happened since the casino floor was remodeled in 2006. Its architecture is hopelessly outdated. The Boardwalk entryway is like a portal to the 1980s.

Whoever wins in the bankruptcy fight over the Trump casinos will have to decide whether to unload the Plaza or upgrade it to take advantage of its prime Boardwalk location.

In what seems far-fetched now, in the pre-recession days of 2006, casino titans Donald Trump and Steve Wynn briefly played with the idea of redeveloping the Plaza into a

$3 billion megaresort.

Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort

Opened: April 2, 1990

Owner: Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc.

Employees: 4,097

2009 revenue: $446 million

Donald Trump once boasted that this Indian-themed gaming palace was the “eighth wonder of the world.” Although it falls short of that lofty assessment, it did prove to be one of the few casino standouts in a dreadful year. The Taj joined Borgata as the only casinos that avoided double-digit revenue declines. For the Taj, it was 7.6 percent.

Moreover, the Taj was the only casino to have only a single-digit decline in both slot and table game revenue. Taj’s ace is its new 800-room hotel tower. Opened in Labor Day 2008, the $255 million expansion has generated extra hotel and convention business without using slot machines or table games as the main attraction. The tower is completely gaming-free.

Taj’s new owner will get the new tower, a remodeled casino, surrounding property good for expansion and the world-famous Steel Pier amusement park. Trump Entertainment flirted with redevelopment plans for the historic pier, but always lacked the money. With the right vision, and enough financing, a revamped pier jutting 1,000 feet over the ocean could become, well, the “eighth wonder of the world.”

Trump Marina Hotel Casino

Opened: June 17, 1985

Owner: Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc.

Employees: 1,799

2009 revenue: $162.6 million

Trump Marina is the cellar-dweller for gaming revenue. Overshadowed by Marina District neighbors Harrah’s Resort and Borgata, the smallest of the three Trump casinos pulled in only $10 million in revenue in December. That was 25 percent lower than December of 2008.

For 2009, Trump Marina’s slot winnings plummeted 19.2 percent, to $125.3 million, and table game revenue fell 23 percent, to $37.3 million. Its total revenue of $162.6 million was even less than the $176.6 million that the tiny Sands Casino Hotel had in its last full year of operation in 2005.

The Sands closed down in November 2006 and was imploded a year later to make room for a proposed new casino. Analysts wonder whether Trump Marina awaits the same fate. Efforts to sell the Marina for $270 million failed last year, and now the casino is part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy battle for the entire Trump Entertainment gaming empire.

Icahn is vying with a bondholder group backed by Donald Trump for control of the Trump casinos. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge is scheduled to rule in February whether Icahn or the bondholders will take over.

Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort

Opened: Dec. 9, 1980

Owner: Colony Capital LLC

Employees: 2,063

2009 revenue: $192 million

Analysts question how much longer the Hilton can hold on. Atlantic City’s smallest casino defaulted on its $348.2 million mortgage in July and is in talks with its lender to restructure the debt.

Nicholas L. Ribis, Hilton’s chief executive officer, insisted in a recent interview that the gaming hall will not close or even fall into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the traditional route for casinos to overhaul their finances.

The Hilton’s revenue plunged 22.9 percent in 2009, tying it with Trump Plaza as the worst performer. Slot revenue was down 20.6 percent to $138 million, while table game winnings plummeted 28.3 percent to just less than $54 million.

In Atlantic City’s heyday of 2006, the Hilton hauled in more than $330 million in annual revenue. Comparing 2009 with 2006, the Hilton’s revenue has plummeted a startling 41.8 percent. No other casino is down that much during that timespan.

Caesars Atlantic City

Opened: June 26, 1979

Owner: Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.

Employees: 3,375

2009 revenue: $460.2 million

Caesars is known for its high rollers and table games play. However, table game revenue slumped nearly 19 percent to $175.5 million in 2009. Slot revenue came in at $284.8 million, off 13 percent.

Caesars jumped into the city’s booming party scene last year by opening the Dusk nightclub, an upscale entertainment spot once co-owned by celebrity disc jockey Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, who died of a drug overdose only a month after the club’s summer debut.

The recession hurt another nongaming attraction associated with Caesars: The Pier at Caesars, a high-end Boardwalk shopping mall linked to the casino, is being taken over by lenders after its owner, Taubman Centers Inc., said the retail operations weren’t generating enough cash to pay the $135 million mortgage. For now, The Pier is operating as normal.

Harrah’s Resort

Opened: July 20, 1981

Owner: Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.

Employees: 3,910

2009 revenue: $488.5 million

Harrah’s Resort surpassed sister property Bally’s last year to become the city’s No. 2 grossing casino, even though its revenue was down 10.3 percent overall.

Harrah’s was the only casino in town that showed growth in table games revenue, a modest 1.9 percent. Slot revenue sank

13 percent to $388.3 million, but Harrah’s remains second only to Borgata in slot winnings.

Now the flagship of the Harrah’s Entertainment empire, Harrah’s Resort has been transformed in the past two years into a flashier, more luxurious rival to next-door neighbor Borgata. A $550 million expansion completed in 2008 added a 960-room hotel tower and a striking pool and spa complex underneath a 90-foot-high glass dome.

The Pool, as the complex is known, has become a magnet for younger customers. Harrah’s enhanced the party vibe by adding a $1 million nightclub, called The Loft, over New Year’s weekend.

Tropicana Casino and Resort

Opened: Nov. 23, 1981

Owner: Investors led by billionaire Carl C. Icahn will become new owners

Employees: 3,241

2009 revenue: $313.6 million

Was 2009 a good or a bad year for Tropicana? The casino went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April. However, an Icahn-led investment group plucked Tropicana out of bankruptcy for

$200 million and will soon take charge.

The ownership switch will finally end the casino’s regulatory limbo. Tropicana has been on the market and under the control of a state-appointed conservator ever since the New Jersey Casino Control Commission stripped the troubled former owners of their gaming license in December 2007.

As usual, Tropicana ended in the middle of the pack for casino revenue. Its slot machines generated $221.8 million in winnings, down

12 percent. At the table games, Tropicana’s take was $91.8 million, a decline of 12.4 percent.

Analysts question whether Icahn — whose personal net worth is estimated at $14 billion — will settle for having mediocre revenue or will invest millions to transform Tropicana into a top casino.

into a top casino.

Resorts Atlantic City

Opened: May 26, 1978

Owner: RAC Atlantic City Holdings LLC

Employees: 2,164

2009 revenue: $191.7 million

In 1978, Resorts was the first casino to open in Atlantic City. In 2009, it became the first Atlantic City casino ever taken over by its lenders. Resorts agreed to let the banks take charge after it defaulted on its $360 million mortgage and faced possible foreclosure.

The banks replaced owner Colony Capital LLC, a private real estate investment firm that bought Resorts in 2001 for the fire-sale price of $140 million. Colony remains the owner of the Hilton. Nicholas L. Ribis, Colony’s partner in both the Hilton and Resorts, is running Resorts for the banks. However, the banks have made it clear they intend to sell Resorts as quickly as possible, with Ribis seen as a possible buyer.

Resorts is the second lowest-grossing casino. Total revenue fell nearly 18 percent in 2009. Its slot winnings were down 18.3 percent to $142.4 million, while table game revenue sank 16.4 percent to $49.3 million.

Through the first nine months of 2009, Resorts suffered a $7.1 million loss in operating profits and a $23.9 million loss in net income. Operating profits for the fourth quarter of 2009 won’t be reported until April.

Resorts’ future was a lot shakier before lenders took over. Previously fighting for its survival, the casino is now in the enviable position of having no debt because the lenders wiped away the mortgagewiped away the mortgage.

Showboat Casino Hotel

Opened: March 30, 1987

Owner: Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.

Employees: 2,539

2009 revenue: $316.7 million

Showboat continues to try to transition from the elderly, low-rolling bus crowd that has defined it for years to a younger, more affluent customer base. Parent company Harrah’s Entertainment hopes to take better advantage of the House of Blues nightclub and a 2,380-seat music hall to attract younger patrons.

Slot machines are Showboat’s bread and butter. It ranks sixth in the industry in slot revenue, but only eighth in table game winnings. Showboat raked in $259.3 million at the slot machines last year, a decline of

11.5 percent. Revenue from table games plunged 17.3 percent to $57.4 million. Showboat’s total revenue fell 12.6 percent, a respectable showing when compared with the industry average of 13.2 percent.

Analysts often speculate that Showboat will be the first casino sold if Harrah’s Entertainment decides to trim its Atlantic City holdings. But Don Marrandino, Eastern Division president for Harrah’s, said there are no plans to sell Showboat.

Come 2011, Showboat will have a brand-new neighbor. The mammoth $2 billion Revel casino already dwarfs Showboat as construction continues on its soaring 1,900-room hotel tower and beach-themed casino.

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa

Opened: July 2, 2003

Owners: Boyd Gaming Corp. and MGM

Mirage Inc.

Employees: 6,603

2009 revenue: $695.3 million

Atlantic City’s newest and most luxurious casino suffered only a single-digit revenue decline in 2009, allowing it easily to retain its status as the top-grossing property. Revenue was down just 5.9 percent overall. Slot revenue dipped 2.3 percent to $431.4 million, while table game winnings declined

11.2 percent to nearly $264 million.

Borgata has stayed at the head of the pack with the help of an ambitious entertainment schedule. Its posh surroundings and cutting-edge nightlife attract a younger, wealthier crowd. Pop superstar Mariah Carey highlighted Borgata’s New Year’s holiday weekend celebration with a Jan. 2 concert.

Borgata, though, hasn’t completely avoided the troubles engulfing the Atlantic City market. Slow midweek business in the winter has forced it to mothball its chic 400-room Water Club hotel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for the second year in a row. The hotel reopens for the busier weekends.

Last year, the Water Club fully reopened in May to coincide with the start of the peak summer tourist season. The same thing is expected this year.

Bally’s Atlantic City

Opened: Dec. 29, 1979

Owner: Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.

Employees: 4,399

2009 revenue: $474.3 million

Once the second-highest grossing casino, Bally’s slipped to third in 2009 and is feeling heat from Caesars Atlantic City and Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort for the No. 3 spot. Bally’s is popular with the slots crowd, but saw revenue in that category fall 20.3 percent to $314.3 million. Table-game winnings held up reasonably well, dipping only 7.7 percent to $160 million.

Parent company Harrah’s Entertainment is planning to give the 30-year-old casino a facelift this year. The 500-room Claridge Tower will be revamped into a more upscale hotel similar to the W Hotel chain. Plans also call for renovations to the Bally’s convention facilities. Harrah’s said a downturn in convention business hurt the casino last year.

Harrah’s Entertainment once thought of rebranding Bally’s but held off. A name change may still be in its future. Currently, the sprawling complex is a patchwork of disparate buildings and themes. It incorporates the Depression-era Claridge, the Victorian-era Dennis Hotel, the cowboy-like Wild Wild West Casino and the modern glass-covered Bally’s tower.

Prior to the recession, customers didn’t seem to mind Bally’s aging appearance. At its peak in 2006, the casino won $677.3 million from gamblers, 30 percent higher than 2009’s revenue.

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Bally’s and Caesars in Atlantic City were recently fined for allowing underage gamblers in their casinos.  Bally’s had to pay $55,000 because they let a 15 year old boy play roulette while Caesars was fined just $30,000 for letting a 20 year old girl play blackjack.

Bally’s Atlantic City was fined $55,000 by the state Casino Control Commission for allowing the teenager to play roulette in June 2008. The boy was caught on the casino floor by state gaming investigators who suspected he was under the legal gambling age of 21.

In the second case, Caesars Atlantic City paid a $30,000 fine for failing to catch a 20-year-old woman who won $8,500 while playing blackjack in January 2006. Just three weeks earlier, she had been arrested for underage gambling at another casino.

I understand that casinos can’t catch all underage gamblers, but a 15 year old boy seems to be easy to notice.  The 20 year old girl is almost as comical as she took Caesars for $8,500!  That’s a hot streak.  Way to go security.

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JMP has a little bonus report from Atlantic City to go along with his NFL picks this week.  I don’t like many NFL games this week, so I think I’m going to stay away until Sunday.

It’s time once again for JMPicks! Before I do, though, I’m hoping The Commander will let me digress a bit and expand upon a comment I made to his recent post about the Pier at Caesars. I posted about how I feel that Trinity Irish Pub & Carvery is the ONLY ‘Irish pub’ in AC. I’ve had 2 or 3 meals at each and can unequivocally say that if you just want to grab a drink and ‘eat’, go to the Irish Pub, but if you want to DINE, go to Trinity. 

My first time at Trinity, I thoroughly enjoyed a big bowl of their seafood chowder and their ‘beer battered burger’ – a hamburger battered, deep fried and served without a bun, accompanied by French fries with a curry dipping sauce. More recently (3 weeks ago), I went with my wife, my two kids (2.5 yrs and 8 mos) and my in-laws and we ALL had a great time. My wife had the beer-battered fish-in-chips, my MIL had the flat iron steak, my DIL had the shepherd’s pie, my 2.5 yr old had grilled cheese & French fries (she ALWAYS has that!) and I had their roast pork special that came with apple stuffing and mashed potatoes with scallions (a dish I learned is called ‘Champ’ on my most recent trip to Ireland). We all enjoyed our food and half of us had to take leftovers home, as the portions are HUGE (those who didn’t take something home, like myself, were REALLY hungry!). What’s more, this place was quite kid-friendly. They have booster seats and high chairs and understand that a toddler’s grilled cheese and French fries should come out ASAP.

Regardless of what happens with the Pier, I really hope that all the eateries, but especially Trinity, remain open.

Now, onto football. Those of you paying attention will notice that I screwed myself out of two ‘wins’ last week by switching picks at the last minute based on weather. 9-7 is good, but 11-5 would’ve been great. I honestly thought the weather in Foxboro and Buffalo would be worse than what it was, so in the future, I’ll be much more careful and try to only switch b/c of confirmed downpours or high winds.

DET @ CHI (-10) – the Bears D gave up yards AND points to Seneca Wallace and the Seahawks last week, while the Lions got their first win in ages. I think Chicago will win, but Detroit will play with confidence and, last I checked, Brian Urlacher isn’t walking through that door for the Bears. Take the Lions.

CIN (-5.5) @ CLE – Mangini was just dubbed the worst coaching hire of all time and somehow I doubt that will motivate him to get his players to like him or even coach a coherent game. The switch to deep ball thrower Derek Anderson may get them some more points, but their D will give up many more. Take the Bengals to blow them out.

SEA @ IND (-10.5) – the Colts will be feeling really good about their Sunday night win when they take the field at their quiet, spacious, new stadium. They’ll be without Dwight Freeney and facing a QB a wee little bit more mobile than Kurt Warner. I mean, yeah, it’s Seneca Wallace, so the ‘hawks will lose, but they’ll beat the spread.

NYG (-8.5) @ KC – I’m really going out on a limb here b/c I know the Giants pretty well, but I just can’t see the Chiefs coming back and making this a game once the G-men get out to a lead, especially with Dwayne Bowe out. With trepidation, I’m taking my Giants.

BAL @ NE (-2) – yes, Baltimore runs the same D that Rex Ryan used to shut down Brady in Week 2, but it’s Joe Flacco on the road and the spread is less than a FG. Take the Pats.

TB @ WAS (-7) – points will be at a premium, but it’s because both teams suck, not because both are defensive juggernauts. I feel sorry for people at DC sports bars who will have to watch this game. Sounds like 3 hours of hell to me. Take Tampa to kick 1-2 less FGs than the ‘skins and, thus, beat the spread.

TEN (-3) @ JAC – lost in all the Jags hype surrounding MJD is that David Garrard is having a nice season so far, with Tory Holt on one side and Mike Sims-Walker on the other. The Titans can stop the run but not the pass, so I like the Jags to keep it close at home.

OAK @ HOU (-9) – I really want to pick the Texans here, I really do, but they just can’t stop the run and last I checked, McFadden and Michael Bush are decent RBs. With the leftover trepidation from my Giants pick, I’ll take the Raiders.

BUF (-2) @ MIA – morale is probably pretty low in Dolphin land, what with Pennington’s career in jeopardy. I actually have hope for Chad Henne, just not this week. Take Buffalo on the road.

NYJ @ NO (-7) – in the battle between a great O and a great D, take the great D. Take the Jets.

DAL (-3) @ DEN – the Broncos are the most fraudulent 3-0 team ever and will get exposed by the Cowboys. Back the ‘boys.

STL @ SF (-9.5) – many probably failed to notice that when Kyle Boller entered the game last week when Bulger went down, he did pretty well, despite Laurent Robinson already being out. The Niners aren’t going to blow anyone out, let alone a division rival with a game-changing RB in SJax. Take the Rams.

SD @ PIT (-6.5) – I’ll repeat this until I’m blue in the face – the Steelers do NOT cover spreads. Back the ‘bolts.

GB @ MIN (-3.5) – I don’t know what happened to GB’s new 3-4 D between the pre-season and the regular season, but they’re not stopping anyone. If it weren’t for turnovers, they’d be putrid. All Day Adrian will first put them ahead by 7 and then he’ll play keep away from Aaron Rodgers and the rest. I’m picking the Vikes.

Last week: 9-7

Overall: 22-26

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EMI doesn’t allow for embedding of the original “Waking Up In Vegas” video.  I found this remix of Katy Perry’s song on YouTube for this post.  It’s not a great remix, but Katy Perry is still in the video so who can complain?  She’s easy to look at.

I heard this song the other day and thought the subject would make for a fun post.  What do you do when you wake up in Vegas?  I usually do one of a two things…

I’m an early riser no matter what time I go to sleep.  I’m always the first awake no matter who I travel with.

My mornings usually start with me wandering for a cup of coffee and water while I wait for my friends to wake up and get a meal.  Sometimes I’ll add in some chocolate since the sugar makes things move a little quicker.  Once I get my drink(s) I usually keep wandering and  will usually sit at some kind of machine so I don’t have to deal with anyone else. By the time I finish my coffee someone will wake up and a bite to eat will occur as will more coffee.

My alternate waking up in Vegas is much more simple.  When I can’t handle leaving my room I’ll just call room service and keep it close.  I recently found that a combination of fruit, bacon, coffee and water to be a great hangover cure.

Fruit is a new addition to my hangover cure and I’m in love.  The juices from the fruit are so refreshing and I’ve had some kind of fruit every time I’ve had a hangover in a casino and it works like a charm.

So…what do you do when you wake up in Vegas?

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