Directory of Atlantic City Casinos

Atlantic City is famous for 2 types of games:

• Monopoly
• Casino games

Monopoly is, of course, the popular family board game that’s
been played in the United States since 1903. The casino games,
on the other hand, are popular because of the rise of the casino
industry in the city since 1976. That was the year that voters
legalized casino gambling in the city.

Unlike Las Vegas, the number of casinos in Atlantic City can
be counted using the fingers of both hands. This particular
Atlantic City casino directory is complete, listing all the
casinos in the city. We’ve also provided some information about
each casino, along with details about which customers will find
which casinos best for their needs.

All Atlantic City Casinos

The following is a list of all the casinos currently
operational in Atlantic City.

Casino Details

Bally’s

Bally’s Atlantic City is a hotel casino skyscraper facing the
beach. It’s less than a 10 minutes walk from The Pier Shops at
Caesars and to The Walk, so it’s perfect for shoppers. It’s a
first class hotel with standard amenities in the rooms:
flat-screen television, miniature refrigerators, free wireless.
You can request an ocean view or a room with a coffee maker when
you check in.

The property hosts 2 casinos with over 200,000 square feet of
gaming—the main Bally’s casino and the Wild West Casino, which
opened in 1997. In August 2015, Bally’s paid out $143 million in
slot machine winnings.

In fact, Bally’s is justifiably proud of their slot machines
and video poker. Their entire slots area was just renovated, and
they offer a great selection of games. Some of the more popular
video slots available at the casino include:

If you notice an Asia theme in that list, it’s not just you.
Bally’s intentionally presents an Asian-themed variety of slot
machine games, many of which are unique to their casino.

Their video poker selection is also impressive. You can play
the following variations for nickels, quarters, or dollars.

• Super Times Pay
• Triple Play
• Jacks or
  Better (And yes, Bally’s does offer full pay 9/6 pay tables.)

You can apply for credit at the casino online at their Total
Rewards site. In fact, all the player rewards for Bally’s are
handled through that site, but it’s better than most slot clubs.
The program includes rewards at 40+ casinos throughout the
world, including Caesars and Bally’s destinations in Las Vegas,
Lake Tahoe, and New Orleans, among others.

Using your Total Rewards membership while you’re gambling
allows you to earn credit toward dining at over 250 different
restaurants. You also have access to over 55,000 different slot
machine and video poker machines and over 2500 table games.
(This is throughout their entire network of casinos.)

You can also earn credits toward world class entertainment
like Celine Dion and Elton John in Las Vegas. Points can also be
accumulated toward staying at any of the 40+ hotels in the
network, including names like Caesars, Harrah’s, Horseshoe,
Bally’s, Flamingo, Grand Biloxi, Harveys, The Quad, Paris,
Planet Hollywood, Rio, Roadhouse, and Showboat.

Location-specific promotions vary based on the time of year,
but some of the current offers include 50% off food on
Wednesdays in October. This effectively doubles the amount of
rewards you get for dining. Also, on Saturdays in October,
Bally’s is holding their “Boardwalk Bucks” promotion. Total
Rewards members get a free entry into a drawing. They also get
additional entries based on how many player points they’ve
accumulated by gambling. The prize package includes over $8000
in free slots play.

Bally’s offers more than just gaming machines and slot club
promotions, though. You can play table games like Four Card
Poker, Spanish 21, Three Card Poker/Six Card Bonus, Let It Ride,
Caribbean Stud Poker, Pai Gow Tiles, Asia Poker, craps, Big Six,
High Card Flush, and Casino War.

The WSOP Poker Room at Bally’s features 42 tables with Texas
hold’em and Omaha games. They also have daily tournaments and
official World Series of Poker Circuit Events. One example of
the kinds of tournaments on offer there include the $1000
Guarantee, which has a $30 + $10 buy-in. This is held every
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 3pm.

The poker room at Bally’s also features 20 high definition
TVs, free wireless Internet, tableside food delivery, and games
24 hours a day. If you meet the playing minimum, you also get
free parking.

Bally’s online casino is powered by Caesars Interactive.
Games are only available to New Jersey residents. You can play
on any device; the Internet casino is mobile friendly. Many of
the games are powered by Aristocrat, who are well-known for
their innovative slot machine games. Some of their online slot
machine games include the following.

Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa

The Borgata is a luxury hotel and casino that overlooks the
marina. It’s only a couple of miles from the Atlantic City
Boardwalk. The hotel offers stylish, modern facilities with flat
screen televisions in every room and marble bathrooms. You can
request a suite, which includes a soaking tub and might also
include a 52 inch big screen television.

Like most luxury hotels, the Borgata offers more amenities
than most people will ever take advantage of in a single stay.
They include a fitness center, a salon and barbershop, multiple
retail shops, and a spa with 6 swimming pools. The variety of
dining options is staggering, including restaurants from Bobby
Flay and Wolfgang Puck.

The physical casino has over 137,000 square feet of gaming.
They have over 3000 slot machines and over 180 table games
available. On their website, The Borgata categorizes their slots
games as follows:

• Reel slots
• Poker slots
• Video slots

Poker slots are what Borgata calls their video poker games,
which include popular games like Aces & Faces, Triple double
Bonus, and Multi-Strike Poker. Reel slots include famous games
like Diamonds of Dublin, Cleopatra, and Flaming Red 7’s. Their
video slots games include Batman, Bejeweled 3D, and Cash’m if
You Can.

Table games include blackjack, craps, baccarat,
mini-baccarat, roulette, Pai Gow tiles, Four Card Poker, Flop
Poker, Spanish 21, Let It Ride, Three Card Poker, Caribbean Stud
Poker, and Big Six, among others. The poker room features daily poker tournaments. Some of
these have huge guaranteed prize pools, like the $100,000
Guaranteed Mini-Series. Promotions in the poker room include
prizes like the $10,000 Ultimate High Hand and the $15,000 Royal
Flush bonus.

The Borgata also has the only racebook in the city. It’s a
state of the art facility with 100 seats and individual flat
screen televisions.

The Borgata’s Players Club card allows players to earn slot
and comp dollars based on how much play they bring to the
casino. They send frequent special offers to members via email.
Players club members also get free parking at the hotel.

Signing up for My Borgata Rewards is something you can do
online. They have a standard form that most people should have
no problem filling out—it’s just a matter of inputting your
name, address, and phone number—all standard stuff.

Like most casinos, Borgata also offers multiple promotions to
encourage players to try their facilities. These change from
month to month, but here are some examples of the kinds of
promotions they’re running in October, 2015.

They have a “Pick the Pros” football challenge, where you can
participate in a $1 million contest where you pick the winning
lineups for the week during football season. They’re also giving
away a Mercedes on October 11. The number of entries you get in
the sweepstakes is based on entering your My Borgata card into a
slot machine between noon and 8pm that day.

They also offer slot machine tournaments with $20,000 in
prizes and free entries for My Borgata members. They also have
promotions like “Sevens Are Even Luckier When You Repeat Them”,
which has a winner every 7 minutes.

The Borgata also offers online casino games and real money
Internet poker games, but these are only available to New Jersey
residents. The casino games are available in both a
browser-based and a downloadable version. Their focus is largely
on slots, and they offer a nice selection of progressive
jackpots. They do also offer table games, though.

Caesars

Caesars is a huge ancient-Rome-themed hotel and casino
located right smack dab in the middle of the Atlantic City
Boardwalk. It’s a luxury property—not as nice as the Borgata,
but definitely a cut above your standard first class property.
It’s an ideal location if you want to walk around the Boardwalk
area of Atlantic City—it’s only a 10 minute walk from almost
anything you’d want to do there.

Even though the overall theme for the hotel is based on
ancient Rome, the rooms themselves are modern and have state of
the art amenities, including flat screen televisions and
miniature refrigerators. You can request an ocean view when you
check in.

Other hotel amenities include the rooftop pool, the fitness
center, and the spa.

The casino itself offers over 2000 different slot machines to
choose from, in a staggering variety of denominations. Gamblers
can play for as little as a penny per spin or as much as $1000
per spin—Caesars caters to low rollers and high rollers alike.
They also offer all of the standard video poker games, like
Jacks or Better or Deuces Wild.

Caesars also owns and operates the casino at Bally’s, so much
of their approach—in terms of operating a casino—is the same.
The only major difference is that Caesars has less of a focus on
the “Asian-themed” slot machines that Bally’s has. And in terms
of what they offer at their online casino, the details are
exactly the same, as Caesars powers the online casino on Bally’s
website.

Golden Nugget

The Golden Nugget, located in the Marina District of Atlantic
City, has undergone several changes in names and ownership since
it was first built in the 1980s. The hotel offers over 700
rooms, two entertainment venues (a 2000-seat ballroom and
462-seat theater), and 8 restaurants. Once used to film
television game shows, the casino has its own broadcast tower
and a Christian music radio station leases the broadcast
facilities.

The Golden Nugget is more of a mid-range hotel. If you’re
looking for luxury, you’ll be better served by staying at
Caesars or The Borgata. But if you’re looking for a good room
rate and a fun casino at which to play, the Golden Nugget is
worth a look.

The casino offers over 1400 slot machines, table games
–including baccarat, blackjack, craps, and roulette–
tournaments, and an 8-table poker room. The casino itself has
just under 80,000 square feet of floor space. The high limit
slot machine room features over 116 different machines, private
restrooms, and comfortable seating. Members of the slot machine
club there get free parking every day. Strictly Slots magazine
readers voted this casino “Best Nickel Slots” in Atlantic City.

They also have frequent promotions, like their $1 Million
Golden Gridiron contest, which runs throughout football season.
Their Bingo Bonanza promotion is also cool. In October, they’re
offering slot machine tournaments every Sunday, with $10,000 in
cash available to the winners. These are just examples of the
kinds of casino promotions they offer—specials vary based on
when you’re visiting.

Members can also play games online. They must be physically
located within the New Jersey state lines to play. Their online
casino offers over 200 different casino games. You can also get
$200 cash back on your first deposit and a $50 referral fee if
you refer a friend to the property.

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, formerly the Trump Taj Mahal, is also located on the Boardwalk in
Atlantic City, NJ. The hotel offers more than 2000 guest rooms,
20 restaurants (both fine dining and casual), several cocktail
lounges, the 1200-seat Xanadu theater, the 130-seat Blue Velvet
Theater (where the Real Men of Scores perform), and the Mark G.
Etess Arena–with a seating capacity of 5,000 for concerts and
4,500 for boxing events.

The casino has nearly 160,000 feet of floor space, 2,517 slot
machines, 130 table games, and a high limit gaming salon (the
Baccarat Pit). The casino offers seasonal promotions like
sweepstakes.

Their high limit “gaming salon” is worth mentioning. In fact,
this is probably the best place for high rollers to play,
especially if they love baccarat. The dealers wear tuxedoes, the
rooms are lit by crystal chandeliers, and the audio and video
are state of the art. High rollers can find over 2 dozen
baccarat, blackjack, craps, and roulette tables. You’ll also
enjoy top shelf cocktails and appetizers while you play.

Harrah’s Resort

Harrah’s is the oldest casino in Atlantic City’s Marina
District. The hotel boasts more than 2500 rooms, 4 fine dining
and 5 casual restaurants, an 800-seat theater
(Broadway-by-the-Bay), and 6 retail stores.

The casino’s most notable feature has got to be in its poker room, which
offers daily tournaments. They have 40 tables with a “Total Bad
Beat Jackpot” on all their poker games—both no-limit and limit.
They spread games based on what kinds players are asking for.
But in general, you’ll find both no-limit and limit games
starting at $1/$2 no-limit and $2/$4 limit Texas hold’em.

The Total Bad Beat Jackpot is only one of their promotions.
They also offer a $350 prize for the “Highest Hand of the Hour”.
If you play a lot of poker, you’re also eligible for
complimentary lodging and food at the property’s restaurants.
Harrahs is also the official home of the annual Atlantic City
WSOP Circuit Events.

The poker room also offers table-side food and beverage
service.

Harrahs brags on its website that they offer the “best table
games in Atlantic City”. That might just be promotional-speak,
but they have a wide variety of table games to choose from,
including the following.

They also offer all the traditional casino table games you’d
expect to find, like blackjack, craps, and roulette.

Keno is also popular at Harrahs. They allow you to choose
between 1 and 15 numbers, and you can win up to $250,000. The
keno parlor is open from 10am to 2am every day.

They offer over 2300 different reel and video slot machines
to choose from. They also offer over 1500 different video poker
games, for a total of over 3800 gaming machines. They also offer
a $10,000 slot machine tournament every Monday.

They belong to Caesars, so the same details about the online
casino and comp program apply to Harrahs.

Resorts Atlantic City

Resorts Casino Hotel is the oldest casino on the Boardwalk.
The casino has more than 100,000 square feet of gaming floor
space, and the hotel features over 900 guest rooms. As a hotel,
Resorts has a long, storied history. But the casino itself is
relatively young.

The hotel has a 1700-seat SuperStar Theater and a 350-seat
theater in its Ocean Tower. The Ocean Tower also features an
exclusive “1133” players club for “Epic Card” holders.

Like all casinos in the city, Resorts offers various
promotions, but they change based on when you’re there. You can
get the details on the latest promotions at the casino’s
promotions booth, which is located on the casino floor. The
booth is open Sunday through Thursday from 9am to midnight.
They’re open an hour later on Fridays and Saturdays. They base
all their promotions on how much action you bring to the
casino—they track this via your player card.

Some of the promotions that were available when this review
was written include a sweepstakes for a 2016 Audi A3. Players
can also get a free Margaritaville Halloween t-shirt. Like most
Atlantic City casinos, they also offer an NFL pickem contest
every Monday. Their prize pool for that contest is $2500.

The casino offers more than 2500 slot machines and a variety
of table games. The table games include all the standards, like
baccarat, blackjack, craps, and roulette. They also offer many
of the newer tables games, like Let It Ride, Texas Hold’em
Bonus, and Four Card Poker.

One unusual table game that seems to be unique to this
property is Criss Cross Poker, which is dealt from a single 52
card deck. The game consists of 2 five-card hands, one across
and one down. You can get payouts of up to 500 to 1 on this
game.

Members can play games online, but they must be within the
New Jersey state lines to play for money. You can apply for casino credit online at their website. They
also have their own players card, the “Star Card”, which you can
apply for.

They do have an online casino, too, but like all the New
Jersey casinos, you’re required to be a resident of the state in
order to play.