Online Casino Benefit from NJ Land Based Casino Closures

Government officials on July 5th temporarily shut down land based casino venues in Atlantic City due to a budget stalemate. Only after New Jersey governor, Jon Corzine signed an executive order three days later, were the casinos finally reopened. While land based casinos lost millions of dollars because of the shut down, online casino sites benefited greatly due to the situation. Gamblers were not simply going to sit back and wait for the casinos to reopen and they made the move to the online casino as soon as they understood that the casinos were going to remain closed for longer than 24 hours. Online casinos reported an increase in traffic for the 3 days that the casinos remained closed.

The Atlantic City shut down made many gamblers sit up and take note of the many advantages of the online casino. The most relevant benefit during this time period, of course, was the fact that online casinos can be accessed 24/7, every day of the week. Online casinos are not dependent on opening hours, nor do they shut down because of government budget factors.

Because all places of entertainment were shut down during this time period (including state parks, beaches and historic sites), people naturally turned to the online casino for their entertainment. While the land based casinos have since opened their doors for trade, many gamblers are sticking to online casinos after they have discovered a whole new fun (and reliable) world of gambling.

2006-07-15