Let’s first pull some quotes from this article in the Press of Atlantic City titled “Violent crime rate higher in Atlantic City than in other casino cities” before looking deeper. The violent crime rate in Atlantic City is higher than in other major casino cities, and the rate increased as casinos cut spending on security during the past five years. Last week, a fatal carjacking at Trump Taj Maha l Casino... Read more

ESPN is reporting that the Atlantic 10 basketball tournament is leaving Atlantic City for Brooklyn in 2013. Given the current make up of the league I’m not sure how this makes any sense, given that there are no New York teams in the league. The Atlantic 10 Conference will move its men’s basketball tournament to the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn beginning with the 2013 tournament, a source with direct knowledge... Read more

Just a warning to my east coast peeps: Hurricane Irene is heading up the eastern coast and the New Jersey government is asking people to evacuate and the Atlantic City casinos are closing - at least for today. Atlantic City’s 11 casino hotels are expected to close today for only the third time in history as Hurricane Irene barrels up the coast and a mandatory evacuation begins in the seaside resort. Of course... Read more

It's not very surprising that the other applicants for a mini casino in Atlantic City have dropped out and the only remaining mini casino project planned is the Hard Rock Casino . A new program allows the state Casino Control Commission to issue licenses for two smaller-scale Boardwalk casinos that may have as few as 200 hotel rooms. Since only one application was received by Friday’s deadline, the commission... Read more