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Article 1 of 1, Article ID: 0209240052
Published on September 24, 2002, Press of Atlantic City, The (NJ)

BALLY'S, CLARIDGE SET TO MERGE, BECOMING LARGEST HOTEL IN N.J.

Smaller may be friendlier, but casino giant Park Place Entertainment Corp. believes that bigger is better.

Park Place on Monday filed to merge Claridge Casino Hotel into Bally's Atlantic City, combining the city's smallest and largest casinos into a Boardwalk gambling behemoth.

The Casino Control Commission will vote at an unscheduled date whether Claridge can surrender its casino license and merge with Bally's.

"We're not anticipating a long time before the...

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