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Though it’s unclear if the Atlantic City casino formerly known as Revel will ever reopen, it has launched a slots app.
The platform will allow users to play for free until they go bust, and then players have the option to purchase more fake funds to keep playing. It’s a one-way street, as you can’t cash out the money.
Press of Atlantic reports that the $2.4 billion casino, which has been rebranded as TEN, launched the site play.tenacnj.com on Monday.
Glenn Straub, the casino’s owner, said he wasn’t aware the app launched this week, according to the report, Straub has been involved with a nasty public battle against New Jersey officials over what he sees as red tape to reopening the most expensive casino in the city’s history.
Straub, a real estate developer from Florida, acquired the casino for about $80 million in 2015. It was one of four casinos to close in the seaside gambling town in 2014.
He wants to reopen the property but outsource the gambling operations. He contends that he doesn’t need a gambling license, but state officials ruled he does.
Straub once considered turning the property into a university where his ideal student is “white and over 21.” “It’s going to be for geniuses,” he said of the potential school.
That plan was ditched. He also considered using the casino to house Syrian refugees.
A bill was filed last month that would help the casino reopen without Straub obtaining the gambling permit. That legislation comes despite Straub saying last year that New Jersey “just stinks.”
He’s also suing the Garden State.
State officials are desperate to boost fortunes for Atlantic City in a region with increasing gambling competition. Atlantic City gaming win has been cut in half over the past decade.
New Jersey allows real-money online gambling, which is a market worth about $200 million.
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