Internet gambling began last month in New Jersey, but the state won't begin reporting online revenue

The 12 casinos won $224.7 million last month, compared to $176.6 million in November 2012, when the storm closed the casinos for most of the first week of the month. And for many weeks after they reopened, business was down severely as customers tended to their storm-damaged homes.
This marks the first time Atlantic City has recorded back-to-back monthly increases since August and September 2006, just before the first Pennsylvania casino opened nearby, touching off an unbroken period of declining casino revenue for Atlantic City. Pennsylvania now has 12 casinos the same as New Jersey.
The increase comfort inn maingate west only the fifth in the last five years was largely because Sandy forced the 12 casinos to shut down for six to nine days in late October and early November last year. The casinos showed an increase in August 2012, but that was a year after Tropical Storm Irene again forced casinos to close. Other year-over-year gains came in December 2011 and August 2008.
The biggest percentage gain came at Revel Casino Hotel, which was up 133 percent to $14.5 million, compared to the $6.2 million it won last November. The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel, which hopes to sell itself at a bankruptcy comfort inn maingate west court auction next week, was up 44.7 percent; The Tropicana Casino and Resort was up 44.5 percent to $18.4 million; and Resorts Casino Hotel was up 43.8 percent to $10.3 million.
The Showboat Casino Hotel was up 19.2 percent to $13.7 million; the Borgata Hotel Casino Spa was up 18.9 percent to $50.8 million, the Golden Nugget Atlantic City was up 10.4 percent to $9.9 million, and the Trump Taj Mahal was up 8.6 percent to $18.3 million.
Internet gambling began last month in New Jersey, but the state won't begin reporting online revenue results until next month. The state Division of Gaming Enforcement comfort inn maingate west said 71,486 online gambling accounts had been created as of Sunday.
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