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Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino likely to close in Nov

Casino job losses in city to hit 8,000 this year as company files for bankruptcy

Published Wed, Sep 10, 2014 · 10:00 PM

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[ATLANTIC CITY] The second poker chip dropped for Trump Entertainment Resorts on Tuesday, when the company filed for bankruptcy protection and threatened to close the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by Thanksgiving if it failed to cut expenses drastically.

The gambling company is already set to shut down its only other property, Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, in a week, making it the fourth casino to close this year on the Atlantic City boardwalk.

Trump Taj Mahal, once the largest and most glamorous of the city's casinos, had begun to look frayed around the edges in recent years.

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