Mixed blessings after 25 years of Atlantic City casinos

Tuesday, May 13, 2003

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- When New Jersey voters approved gambling in hopes of saving a dying Atlantic City, it was a roll of the dice: They were betting on a mob-tainted business that had never before been used to revitalize a city.

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