This shortsightedness of the state electorate has turned into a near half-century windfall for Atlantic City. However, the citizens of New Jersey had no problem at all approving casino gambling it for Atlantic City only. The referendum finally passed when casino gaming would be limited to Atlantic City only. There was so much uncertainty about it, that support for state-wide gaming couldn’t win the approval of the electorate. In 1976, The referendum finally passed when casino gaming would be limited to Atlantic City only.
Whenever the gambling initiative was presented on a state-wide basis in New Jersey, it failed. Resorts International closely followed each and every iteration, as attempts to bring casino gambling to Atlantic City, as well as to the entire state of New Jersey failed three times, before finally being successful on the fourth attempt to bring casino gambling to New Jersey. They put their money where their mouth was, investing millions of dollars to purchase an option for a 55-acre tract of land on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. Resorts International, which was formed in March Of 1968, a full decade before opening Atlantic City’s first legal Casino.
