But there’s potential bad news with the online figure as well, said Anthony Marino, a longtime local 더킹카지노 analyst.

“[Online gambling] already, in my judgment, was showing the impact that if people were able to gamble from their bedroom in Livingston, N.J., or on their toilet seats in Haddonfield, N.J., they don’t have to come to Atlantic City,” he said. “A lot of people, not just temporarily but maybe permanently, will say ‘Why bother taking the drive to Atlantic City when I can gamble from the convenience of my own home?‘”

Atlantic City’s finances — largely controlled by the state since 2016 and dependent on payments from the casinos and $50 million a year in state aid — are a huge question mark.

In 2016, when findgos.com were closing and city property values were crashing, a state law set up a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) program under which casinos made direct payments to the city, school district and county based on annual revenue.

Tibbitt, the City Council president, fears those payments could decline from the current $150 million — which goes to all three entities but primarily to the city — to $90 million, the lowest amount possible.

Tibbitt said he wants the state to step in to ensure the casino payments don’t drop so steeply, and to guarantee state aid to help fund the city’s $207 million budget doesn’t disappear as the state itself struggles with budget problems because of the pandemic.

“We could lay every employee off and not make up for it. I could lay off every cop, fireman, 911 operator, public worker and still not reach that $60 million [cut],” he said. “We have the potential of an Armageddon in Atlantic City.”

Lisa Ryan, spokesperson for the state Department of Community Affairs, said in a statement that “we are committed to ensuring the robust performance of government in Atlantic City and that the City is strong and equipped to succeed in the future.”