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First Esports Skill-Based Wagering Event To Be Held In Atlantic City With ‘Madden 22’

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: LANDuel / EEG The e-sports world is set to mark another milestone as the first skill-based gaming tournament in the U.S. that will be wagered on will take place in Atlantic City, New Jersey with the help of a major casino. The Esports Entertainment Group recently announced that they have partnered with the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City to host the first-ever e-sports gaming tournament with sanctioning approval from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. In this tournament, participants can register with the LANDuel platform by creating an account. Once they are assigned a PC, they begin tournament play and can place bets on themselves as they compete. The tournament will serve as the launch for the LANDuel platform and will take place...

Donald Trump’s Old Dilapidated Atlantic City Casino Demolished [Video]

Source: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Today (Feb. 17), the old Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City was demolished. Donald Trump was responsible for building the property, and driving it into bankruptcy, which had been shuttered since 2014. The casino opened in 1984, when Trump was still conning people into thinking he was a skilled real estate developer, in the middle of Atlantic City’s famed Boardwalk. The twice impeached President would eventually own three properties in the New Jersey resort town with the Trump Marina (now the Golden Nugget) and the Trump Taj Mahal (now the Hard Rock Atlantic City). But in 2014, and Trump long-gone as an owner, it was shuttered due to poor performance. Reports the Associated Press: The former Trump Plaza casino was imploded after falling into ...

Snoop Dogg Wants To Invest In Atlantic City

Source: Tom Briglia / Getty Snoop Dogg is a proud West Coast representative, but he’s looking to invest on the East Side. The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper has revealed plans to invest in Atlantic City, NJ. The Long Beach, CA native recently revealed his intentions to Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small. “I’m coming to the state, I’m coming to the city, I’m looking to invest in some real estate, do some big things,” said Snoop on a Facetime call with Mayor Small. The call, which was shared on Facebook (see below), was finessed by a local New Jersey real estate investor Cesar Pina of Flipping, NJ per BreakingAC. “Today I had a chance to promote Atlantic City, business opportunities in my city, promote the culture & Rap game in my city to my favorit...