Borgata Online Casino Visit Pays Off Big
A man in New Jersey has won a hefty jackpot by accessing a real money online casino site from the home belonging to his parents, the Press of Atlantic City reported last week.
Borgata seems determined to remain in the headlines
The man, who hails from Monmouth County, was playing at the BorgataCasino.com room.
The online property is associated with the land-based casino the Borgata, arguably the nicest casino property in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which made national news last week when a man was busted for passing counterfeit poker chips at its 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open.
The suspect, a man from North Carolina who was participating in the live poker tournament, attempted to flush some $2.7 million worth of the fraudulent chips down the toilet the Harrah’s Casino property in town.
Before the discovery of the phony chips, a find that was uncovered by maintenance workers at Harrah’s who were tasked with checking on a plumbing issue, the Borgata was forced to shut down one of the events associated with the tournament while 27 players remained in the running.
Big payoff of more than $150k
But, back to the big slots winner. The man, who didn’t want the casino to publicly disclose his identity, hit it big on a progressive online slot, securing himself a hefty prize of $153,638.75.
Turns out, he wasn’t even using his own money to play at the real money online casino, which launched late last year when New Jersey secured its place in history by becoming the third state to allow residents – and visitors – to access legalized Internet betting web sites.
The lucky man was playing with $20 he obtained by cashing in on a signup bonus offer. The winning play cost him $1.50.
Man says he has been steady brick and mortar customer
The Press of Atlantic City also noted that the man said that he has been a customer of the Borgata’s brick and mortar casino ever since he turned the legal U.S. gambling age of twenty-one.
That fact, while only the remarks of one player, is interesting given that many opponents of regulated online poker and other casino games in the United States say that allowing for Internet wagering would only serve to depress the bottom lines at land-based casino properties.
Many casinos around the country are struggling to keep up revenue in the face of increased competition from properties in nearby states, as states all over the nation have expanded land-based gambling as a means of shoring up revenue loss related to the housing bust and lingering poor economy.
The argument that customers will abandon brick and mortar casinos in the face of increased access to their online counterparts is one online gambling proponents have debunked time and again, with many pointing out that younger generations that grew up with access to the Internet may be attracted to both forms of play, the electronic as well as the in person versions.
Certainly this undoubtedly now very happy New Jersey man is but one small example of the crossover potential between the online gambling market and the land-based casino business.
