Gambling expert calls push for expansion of New Jersey’s casino industry outside Atlantic City “the height of insolence”. Lawmakers might be considering the possibility to launch a new push for expanding the state’s land-based casino industry beyond Atlantic City. However, gambling expert like Roger Gros has said that now is definitely not the time for such effort.
The expert warned that “any kind of increased land-based competition” in the state could “completely reverse that positivity and start Atlantic City on a downward spiral once again.” He attributed the revitalization of Atlantic City’s casino industry to the rising interest in online gambling and mobile sports betting
New Jersey lawmakers have suggested that competition in the region could be blunted by expanding the state’s casino industry beyond Atlantic City. But this expansion Could Start Another Downward Spiral for Atlantic City
Regional competition and the aftermath of the great recession plummeted Atlantic City’s casino industry into a horrific crash and burn that culminated in the closure of five of its twelve casinos between 2014 and 2016.
