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Workers at five Atlantic City casinos have ratified new contracts giving them significant raises, and are now turning their attention to the two that have yet to settle. Local 54 of the Unite Here union says 99% of workers who voted in ratification elections Monday approved the new pacts, under which housekeeping employees will immediately see their hourly salary increased...

New Jersey gambling regulators say the state’s casinos, horse tracks that offer sports betting and the online partners of both types of gambling outlets won $430.6 million from gamblers in May, up 15% from a year earlier.

Atlantic City casino workers have authorized their leaders to call a strike against the gambling houses if new contracts are not reached by the beginning of July. Members of Local 54 of the Unite Here union on Wednesday authorized their leaders to call a July 1 strike against the Borgata, Caesars, Harrah’s and Tropicana, and a July 3 strike against...

Hundreds of Atlantic City casino workers have picketed outside the Tropicana casino. They’re demanding a new contract with the city’s nine gambling halls that guarantees employees a share in the post-COVID recovery. The old contract expired early Wednesday. Union leaders and workers say they’ll demonstrate as often as necessary, and are feeling the pinch from rising gas and food prices....

Inflation may be soaring, supply chains are snarled and the coronavirus just won’t go away. But America’s casinos are humming right along.

A security guard at the Resorts World casino allegedly tried to arrange a robbery of the armored trucks that bring cash to the facility — unaware that the person he proposed the heist to was a confidential government informant. Selwyn Balkissoon orchestrated the plot, helped his purported accomplices scout the Resorts World facility and even provided pepper spray to use…

Could New York City become the new Sin City? Three new proposed casinos may include one at The Water Club along the East River, a Monaco-style casino on top of Saks Fifth Avenue, and a Hard Rock Casino in Times Square. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

Will NYC become the next Sin City? It’s a possibility, if lawmakers in Albany decide to roll the dice.