Atlantic City hopes gay bingo will make it fabulous again

Faced with an almost existential-level of financial crisis, Atlantic City casinos are looking high and low for new sources of casino traffic and desperately-needed revenue. Thus we have the “fun and gay’mes” pitch being made by Trump Entertainment casinos to that high-income but heretofore under-appreciated demographic — gay gamblers. Offering up themed events specifically designed for the GLBT crowd will undoubtedly help AC’s bottom line, but personally, we take great delight in imagining the conniptions this will give the already intolerant anti-gambling crowd when they realize the boardwalk is overrun by ‘the gays’. Read more.