Professor I Nelson Rose looks at how over-regulation has affected Atlantic City.

Atlantic City

WHEN hotel-casinos first opened in Atlantic City, operators found themselves wrapped up in red tape.

Every time they filed a petition with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, they had to deliver 17 separate copies. This was before email, so some poor secretaries had to physically photocopy, collate and staple 17 separate packets, plus a few more for the companies’ executives and lawyers.

Read the full article in the September issue of InterGaming