But Hard Rock draws much closer in terms of in-person winnings, drawing to within $175 million of Borgata's in-person total last year. It has led the Atlantic City market since shortly after opening in 2003. Last year, Borgata won over $1.1 billion from gamblers, twice the amount of its nearest competitor, Hard Rock. He succeeds former Borgata president Melonie Johnson, who returned to MGM’s National Harbor casino as president and chief operating officer, a job she held before joining the Borgata in 2020. Lunn, 48, most recently served as the southeast group president and chief operating officer for MGM Resorts, where he led Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, and Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, Mississippi. Right now we have quality, but are we relevant? Do we have the latest amenities inside our rooms? That's on my short list to address.” “As the market leader, we need to be best in class in our room product. “That to me is a clear priority,” Lunn said. There are still some machines but it will be hard to get on them now.Īs for me, bye bye Borg.It's been 10 years since the Borgata last redid its hotel rooms. I discussed the timing in re to Revel and he said that no one know what Revel will be offering. When I asked a Borgata suit about these changes he confirmed with the usual company line about this being a management decision based upon changing economics.

Perhaps the newer GameKing uprights will be next ?Įach day that we were there we saw another group of machines being downgraded. Also saw that they were ready to take the multistrikes down but for some reason they have so far remained with 9/6 jacks. Today a row of the machines that had Joker Poker Labels were downgraded and I'm sure that by tomorrow the other row of similar machines will also be gone. All 9/6 Jacks are gone and only two machines have 9/6 DDB. The six machines near the multistrikes that had 9/6 DDB have been downgraded. As of this morning more than 80% of the Jacks machines have been downgraded !! Downgrades are all over the casino from slant tops near the small cashier, smoking section slant tops slant tops near the high limit area, and uprights in the VP area, including those near Bobby Flay. play to the Borgata after CET removed most of the full-pay v.p. He is a reliable source, and had shifted most of his v.p. A friend of mine posted the message below on another forum this afternoon.

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