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This Oct. 1, 2020, photo shows the exterior of Bally's casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Nov. 4, 2020, officials with Twin River Worldwide Holdings, a Rhode Island firm that's buying Bally's for $25 million, said they can make it &quot;a place to see and be seen&quot; by investing $90 million into the aging casino and boosting its offerings. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

38-hour shutdown coming for Bally’s casino in Atlantic City

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

This Jan. 16, 2020, photo shows the giant guitar at the entrance to the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City N.J. On Feb. 2, 2021, Hard Rock gave out more than $1 million in bonuses to its Atlantic City workers as a thank you for working during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Hard Rock casino bonuses thank workers during pandemic

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Ex-Atlantic City mayor gets 30 days in charity theft case

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

This Oct. 1, 2020 photo shows the exterior of Harrah's casino in Atlantic City N.J. On Jan. 25, 2021, parent company Caesars Entertainment named Gregg Klein to oversee the property. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

New leaders for Atlantic City’s Harrah’s, Caesars casinos

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Gary Royster of Atlantic City holds up cash he used to gamble at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City on July 2, 2020, the day the casino reopened after being shut down for months amid the coronavirus outbreak. How quickly Atlantic City bounces back in 2021 will depend in large part on how quickly the coronavirus pandemic is brought under control in the new year. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Virus is the wild card in how Atlantic City fares in 2021

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

This June 8, 2016 photo shows the exterior of the former Showboat casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein, the owner of the Showboat hotel said, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, that he is planning a $100 million year-round indoor water park next door to it, and will break ground on the project in August. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

20-year tax break approved for water park in Atlantic City

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 24, 2020, file photo, staff at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site talk to people waiting in line in their cars at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

COVID-19, recreational marijuana top New Jersey’s stories

By SHAWN MARSH - Associated Press

This Oct. 1, 2020, photo shows the exterior of Bally's casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Nov. 4, 2020, officials with Twin River Worldwide Holdings, a Rhode Island firm that's buying Bally's for $25 million, said they can make it &quot;a place to see and be seen&quot; by investing $90 million into the aging casino and boosting its offerings. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

With FanDuel, all 9 Atlantic City casinos have sports books

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

This July 24, 2014 photo shows the former Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small announced the city will auction off the right to push the button to dynamite the former casino, which is now closed, to raise money for a local youth charity. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Sent from Mail for Windows 10

City to auction spot to push demolish button on Trump casino

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

This Oct. 12, 2010 file photo shows the Trump Plaza Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Atlantic City's mayor wants to demolish the former Trump Plaza Hotel &amp; Casino. Mayor Marty Small said in a speech Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, to a business group that knocking down the vacant casino once owned by President Donald Trump is one of his main goals for 2020. It is currently owned by billionaire Carl Icahn, who assumed ownership of Trump's former casino company from bankruptcy in 2016. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Atlantic City to auction off opportunity to push demolish button on Trump casino

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

This June 8, 2016 photo shows the exterior of the former Showboat casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein, the owner of the Showboat hotel said, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, that he is planning a $100 million year-round indoor water park next door to it, and will break ground on the project in August. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

$100M water park at Showboat hotel OK’d, tax break pending

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

In this July 1, 2020 photo, Steven Ford, a worker at Harrah's casino in Atlantic City, N.J., sprays slot machines with disinfectant as the casino prepared to reopen after 3 1/2 months of being shut down due to the coronavirus. On Nov. 23, 2020, New Jersey gambling regulators released figures showing Atlantic City's casinos saw their gross operating profits decline by 37% in the third quarter of 2020 as they reopened under restrictions designed to slow the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Atlantic City casino earnings fall 37% amid pandemic limits

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small speaks in a church in his city on Jan. 15, 2020. On Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, Small proposed that Atlantic City be given a 3 to 5-year exclusive on the right to sell recreational marijuana now that voters across the state have approved its use. Small says the exclusive would compensate the city for numerous state taxes from which it gets nothing. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Atlantic City’s pipe dream: 3-5 year exclusive on pot sales

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 16, 2020 file photo shows the end of the Ventnor, N.J. boardwalk as seen from Margate, N.J., where a group of residents want the city to build its own boardwalk. Voters rejected the proposal on Nov. 3. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

Voters in Jersey Shore town of Margate reject a boardwalk

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

This Oct. 1, 2020, photo shows the exterior of Bally's casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Nov. 4, 2020, officials with Twin River Worldwide Holdings, a Rhode Island firm that's buying Bally's for $25 million, said they can make it &quot;a place to see and be seen&quot; by investing $90 million into the aging casino and boosting its offerings. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Twin River OK’d to run Bally’s and renovate it quickly

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant grows at the Compassionate Care Foundation's grow house in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. New Jersey's ballot question on legalizing recreational marijuana has led to more than $2 million in fund raising by interest groups, the state Election Law Enforcement Commission said Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

AP News Guide: A look at New Jersey’s elections

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2020, file photo, a gambler makes bets on the upcoming Super Bowl at Bally's casino in Atlantic City N.J. The online sports betting company FanDuel will open an in-person sports book at Bally's casino in Atlantic City once the casino's sale to a Rhode Island company is finalized. FanDuel told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, that it has plans for a temporary sports betting facility in the casino before the end of the year, and will build a permanent sports book on the center of the casino floor next spring. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

FanDuel to open sports book in Bally’s Atlantic City

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Halted for virus, live poker to resume soon in Atlantic City

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Atlantic City, N.J. Mayor Marty Small, a Democrat, poses for a photo on the Boardwalk on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. How to fight crime is a main issue in this year's election for mayor of the seaside gambling resort. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

How to fight crime a key issue in Atlantic City mayoral race

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Democratic Mayor Marty Small poses on the Boardwalk, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Atlantic City, N.J. The East Coast gambling resort will have its third election of the year in November, this one to select a mayor to serve all of 2021. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

It’s (seemingly always) election time in Atlantic City

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press