Ocean Casino Resort announces new gaming and sportsbook venue

Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino Resort will debut a 12,000-square-foot gaming and sports betting venue this summer

Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino Resort will debut a 12,000-square-foot gaming and sports betting locale this summer.

After announcing a $75m dimension reinvestment last-place October, the New island of Jersey go-ahead has now announced a unexampled $5m venue, completing a recent $25m cassino floor transformation.

The Gallery Bar, Book & Games is Ocean’s a la mode(p) undertaking, combine a 100-foot elevated debar and lounge with one-armed bandit machines and a admixture of blackjack and roulette tables, as easily as an adjoining sportsbook offering.

Sports betting services testament be provided inward partnership with USBookmaking, a subsidiary of Elys Game Technology. This comes after Elys received favourable reception earlier this month to run Ocean’s sportsbook on a six-month licence.

Bill Callahan, who became Ocean’s General Manager inwards February after serving as Interim CEO, commented on this new endeavour.

“Ocean is dedicated to beingness the premier gaming terminus inward the Atlantic City market,” said Callahan.

“This unexampled venue testament enhance the invitee experience past providing an unbeatable atmosphere right wing inward the nerve of the cassino floor.”

Featuring 12 slot machines and 140 feet of LED walls, alongside customisable lighting, Ocean claims The Gallery testament “set the microscope stage for societal gaming, vainglorious gamy nights and an unforgettable after-hours experience.”

A 17-foot staircase testament link The Gallery to Balcony Bar, a mezzanine floor bar and waiting area where guests canful memory access Ocean’s sportsbook experience.

This comes after Ocean’s strongest financial year since chess opening inward 2012. The property’s parent company, El-Aksur Capital Group, sold half of its stake inwards the cassino to the Ilitch organisation utmost October, and simultaneously announced the $75m reinvestment.