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A worker at the sports book in the Ocean Casino Resort counts money on Feb. 6, 2023, in Atlantic City, N.J. Sports betting revenue at New Jersey's casinos and horse tracks declined by nearly 24% in June 2024 to just over $27 million, according to figures released by state gambling regulators on July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Is it bad luck? New Jersey sports betting revenue fell 24% in June from a year ago

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

A gambler lights a cigarette at a slot machine in Harrah's casino in Atlantic City N.J., on Sept. 29, 2023. On Monday, April 29, 2024, Atlantic City's main casino workers union asked a judge to let it intervene in that lawsuit. (AP Photo/Wayne

Workers in Atlantic City casino smoking lawsuit decry ‘poisonous’ workplace; state stresses taxes

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

A gambler touches the screen of a slot machine at Harrah's casino in Atlantic City N.J., Sept. 29, 2023. Figures released, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, show Atlantic City's casinos, their online partners and horse tracks that take sports bets won over $526 million in March, a month in which New Jersey's internet gambling market set yet another monthly record at $197 million. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

New York competition, smoking, internet betting concerns roil U.S. northeast’s gambling market

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Atlantic City casino workers hold signs during a rally in Trenton N.J., Friday, April 5, 2024, after the United Auto Workers and casino workers filed a lawsuit challenging New Jersey's clean indoor air law that exempts casino workers from its protections. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Workers sue to overturn law that exempts Atlantic City casinos from indoor smoking ban

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Mark F. Bawers, left, and his won Mark A. Bawers, right, check their phones while waiting for the NCAA basketball tournament to begin as they sit in the sports book at Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Wednesday, March 21, 2024. The American Gaming Association estimates Americans will wager $2.72 billion with legal outlets this year. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

‘Every shot matters to someone.’ Basketball fans revel in, and bet on, March Madness tournament

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

A load of sand is dumped on the beach in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Friday, May 12, 2023. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want federal officials to expedite a beach replenishment project planned for 2024 so that it creates usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says work might not start until the fall. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

Too much Atlantic in Atlantic City: Beach erosion has casinos desperately seeking sand by summer

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Gamblers play slot machines at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. on Nov. 29, 2023. Figures released on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, by the American Gaming Association show that the U.S. commercial casino industry had its best year ever in 2023, winning $66.5 billion from gamblers. When figures from tribal casinos are tallied later this year, the combined total is expected to approach $110 billion for 2023. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

U.S. casinos won $66.5B in 2023, their best year ever as gamblers showed no economic fear

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Steve Mitchell, of Wilmington, Del., smokes while he plays a slot machine at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J., on Feb. 2, 2024. Competing bills in the New Jersey Legislature in February 2024 would either ban smoking outright in Atlantic City's nine casinos or allow it to continue with additional restrictions. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Bill would let Atlantic City casinos keep smoking with some more restrictions

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Cars drive along Atlantic Avenue in Atlantic City, N.J. on Jan. 26, 20245 past the AtlanticCare hospital and Caesars casino. Both those entities wanted a judge to block the city's plan to reduce the width of the street, the main artery through Atlantic City's downtown, from four lanes to two. But on Jan. 24, 2024 the judge refused to do so. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Judge green-lights narrowing of main road through Atlantic City despite opposition from casinos

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

An electronic sign welcomes visitors to the Atlantic City, N.J. Boardwalk on Dec. 28, 2023. Atlantic City faces challenges in the new year including a potential smoking ban in its nine casinos, and their quest to return to pre-pandemic business levels. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Casino smoking and boosting in-person gambling are among challenges for Atlantic City in 2024

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

A gambler smokes while playing a slot machine at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City N.J. on Nov. 29, 2023. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, casino workers pushing for a smoking ban at the city's nine casinos publicized a letter from Shawn Fain, international president of the United Auto Workers union, calling on New Jersey lawmakers to ban smoking in the casinos. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Auto union boss urges New Jersey lawmakers to pass casino smoking ban

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in New Jersey Legislature

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

The screen of a slot machine is dplayed at Harrah's casino in Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 29, 2023. On Nov. 14, 2023, New Jersey gambling regulators released details of forfeitures they ordered totaling over $77,000 from five casinos and a racetrack that were found to have allowed underage or otherwise prohibited gamblers to make bets. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

New Jersey casinos, track forfeit $77K in money won by prohibited gamblers, many of them underage

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Actor Kelsey Grammer pours beers during a guest bartending stint at the Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic City, N.J. on July 14, 2023. Atlantic City's casinos won 3% less from in-person gamblers in July as they did a year earlier, although total gambling revenue, including internet and sports betting at casinos and horse tracks, rose by 5.3%. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

New Jersey’s gambling revenue was up by 5.3% in July. The Borgata casino set a new monthly record

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

People bask in the sun at the Atlantic City, N.J., beachfront, July 9, 2018. In a move made without public announcement or debate, a state Assembly panel on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, amended a bill that would have extended New Jersey's internet gambling law for another 10 years. shortening that time frame to just two years. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Internet gambling would be given 5 more years under latest change in New Jersey

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press