Casinos in Atlantic City registered over US$3.2 billion in revenue in 2019, a figure last achieved in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
US.- Atlantic City casinos seem to be enjoying a positive trend: 2019 has proven to be a successful year as the facilities totalled wins over US$3 billion for the first time since 2012, before mass closures in the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the figures from the New Jersey\u00a0Division of Gaming Enforcement<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(DGE), casinos in Atlantic City totalled US$3.29 billion from bets. The DGE also revealed that sports betting had an impressive performance, as handle rose to US$4.5 billion, of which US$3.8 billion was done online and through mobile apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n James Plousis, chair of the Casino Control Commission, said that there is a lot of positive momentum going into 2020. In three months of 2019, sports betting handle in Atlantic City was higher than in Nevada, the nation\u2019s sports betting top generator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAtlantic City had another tremendous year, with gaming revenue up for 19 consecutive months,\u201d said Rummy Pandit, head of the LLoyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality & Tourism at Stockton University, according to NJBIZ. \u201cSports betting and internet gaming has continued to grow gaming revenues in 2019 and we anticipate similar growth in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n2019, most profitable year for NJ\u2019s online gambling market<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n