However, the 15th birthday of the comfortably chic gambling palace coincided with new competition - the opening (or, rather, transformation) of a pair of boardwalk casinos.
It was also the first casino in Atlantic City to offer sports betting when a longtime federal ban was overturned by the U.S. The Borgata, which towers a few miles from the ocean in the Marina District, remains the front runner, taking in more than $76 million in gaming revenue in July, according to the Division of Gaming Enforcement – about $39 million more than second-place Tropicana.
