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  1. Resorts Casino Hotel is a hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Resorts was the first casino hotel in Atlantic City, becoming the first legal casino outside of Nevada in the United States, when it opened on May 26, 1978. [4]

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  3. Oct 3, 2023 · Dive into the Atlantic City gambling history and learn about the city's original casinos, gambling legalization timeline, and the New Jersey casino referendum.

  4. Resorts Casino was the first casino hotel inside of Atlantic City, and the first legal casino outside of Nevada. Before becoming Resorts International in 1968, the site was originally occupied by two three-story wooden Quaker rooming houses, The Chalfonte House and The Haddon House.

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  5. 1976: New Jersey voters pass a referendum allowing legalized casino gambling in Atlantic City. 1978: Atlantic City’s first casino, Resorts International, opens in May. In June, Gerson...

  6. Apr 29, 2020 · The groundwork for Atlantic City’s first casino started to form after the 1970 referendum, where New Jersey voters supported the implementation of a lottery with a majority of 81.5%. In 1976, casinos finally expanded beyond Nevada’s borders as New Jersey legalized casinos.

  7. Aug 13, 2015 · Nov 5, 1974: First NJ casino legalization referendum defeated. 1976: Ram’s Head Inn opens. Nov 2, 1976: Second NJ casino legalization referendum approved. 1978: Shelburne Hotel closes. May 26, 1978: Resorts International opens.

  8. May 25, 2015 · Atlantic City opens its first casino in 1978. AP. FILE - In this May 26, 1978 file photo, New Jersey's Gov. Brendan Byrne cuts ribbon opening the east's first gambling casino in Atlantic City....

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