Longtime Harrah’s customer Alan Kallman, of Monroe Township, placed the first sports bet at Harrah’s, putting $25 on the Yankees to win the World Series - after his wife talked him out of betting on the Boston Red Sox. “My heart bet on the (New York) Giants to win the Super Bowl, and my head bet on the (Houston) Texans.” “I did one with my heart and one with my head,” said James Prendergast, of Washington Township in Warren County. The casino started taking sports bets two days after its sister property, Bally’s, did, joining the Borgata, Ocean Resort, Bally’s and two horse racing tracks, the Meadowlands and Monmouth Park. A Frank Sinatra impersonator asked Luck to be a lady as he bet on the New York Yankees on Wednesday and an Elvis impersonator thanked the clerk very much for handing him a similar bet slip as Harrah’s became the fourth Atlantic City casino to offer sports betting. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)ĪTLANTIC CITY, N.J.
process wagers for a customer moments after the casino started accepting sports bets on Wednesday Aug. A clerk at the new sports book at Harrah's casino in Atlantic City N.J.
