![]() ![]() By the time casinos started opening in the Philadelphia suburbs in late 2006, Resorts already was in a steep decline, an afterthought for all but the bus-riding senior citizen slots player who remains its typical customer. But as more casinos opened in Atlantic City-there are now 11 - Resorts' share of the market fell. For years, it was fantastically profitable. When it opened its doors on May 26, 1978, Resorts became the nation's first casino outside Nevada. ![]() Gomes said the casino was in such a big hole it rivaled "the Grand Canyon." Resorts was within days of having to close last December when Gomes and Bailey took it over. "I can't wait to get back to the casino and kick some butt." "I'm just excited and really happy," Gomes said. The New Jersey Casino Control Commission on Wednesday granted the license to Resorts and its co-owners, Dennis Gomes, a former Nevada casino regulator credited with helping drive the mob out of Las Vegas, and Morris Bailey, a deep-pocketed New York real estate investor. Now it has culminated in a permanent casino license for the new regime. It's been a dizzying six months for the nation's first casino to open outside Nevada. (AP) - The new owners of Resorts Casino Hotel rescued it from near-death, slashed everyone's pay, got sued twice by older female employees, opened Atlantic City's first casino gay bar, and announced plans for a Naked Circus. ![]()
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