A sample poker game is played on the Ultimate Gaming website, April 29, 2013, in Las Vegas. / AP Casinos will win with new gambling revenue. New Jersey will win with new tax revenue. Consumers will win with a new entertainment option that they can play from the comfort of a coffee shop or their own sofa. Everybody, it seems, is guaranteed to win. Except Atlantic City itself. New Jersey is rolling out legalized Internet gambling, betting that it will help casinos fend off fierce competition from neighboring states, bolster the states tax revenue and be a powerful economic engine once again. It is a chance, casinos say, for New Jersey to remain on the cutting edge of the gambling industry by taking advantage of technology that businesses from banks to retailers rolled out long ago. Looming over the transition, however, is whether casino customers will find Internet gaming so appealing that they decide to skip the lengthy drive to Atlantic City and simply stay home, leaving the city no better off than it was before. That scenario, while possible, isnt likely, one expert said, particularly if casinos can convince occasional gamblers who find them online to visit their [...]
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