Chuck Darrow - Shore Local Newsmagazine

Caesars’ show producer is ‘Hook’ed on Atlantic City

by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 18, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, Features, South Jersey, Wahoo

By Chuck Darrow As recently noted in this column, the biggest casino-entertainment happening of 2023 was the early-summer debut of “The Hook” at Caesars Atlantic City. The adults-only revue, which blends raunchy humor with top-shelf “Cirque”-style specialty acts is...

Remembering when a Canadian embezzler shut down an AC casino

by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 11, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey

By Chuck Darrow A fascinating—if, at this point, nearly forgotten—story of Atlantic City’s legal-gaming era is that of Brian Molony, who, in the early 1980s, became the only gambler to cause a casino to cease operations. On the surface, Molony, a Toronto, Canada...