Why is Atlantic City's gambling scene dying?

The proximate cause is the competition from casinos in surrounding states. The ultimate cause is the conflicting priorities of the casinos and the city. The original plan was for casinos to stimulate the city's economy and spur redevelopment. T... read more

Atlantic City is a cautionary tale of a gaming boom and bust that few people saw coming. Since the 1980s, the city's boardwalk has been something of an East Coast version of the Las Vegas Strip -- and that was the only other city in the country that beat out Atlantic City's gaming revenue. read more

Atlantic City was a boomtown then, just six years into the casino gambling era that was going to remake the shabby resort town that I was assigned to cover as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer. read more