A friend of mine emailed this to me:

"I went to A.C. this past weekend and was shocked by what I saw. The $10, $15 blackjack tables at Harrah's are now ... not 3:2 blackjack, not 6:5 blackjack but EVEN money blackjack, plus they all hit soft 17's and of course have side bets! In addition, they changed all of the 25 cent full pay Jacks or Better video poker machines to $1. I guess greed knows no bounds. Since I can't play blackjack there anyway (not that I'd ever want to) I told the people at the blackjack table they were throwing their money away playing that game and that they were better off going to the Borgata or the Nugget if they cared at all about how much money they lose. The dealer just laughed and smiled at me. Of course with them being pathetic gamblers, they still chose to sit there and keep playing. I guess as long as there are stupid people, casinos will still make money hand over first. The Wild Wild West on Saturday night though was one hopping party zone. The entire area of the former casino was filled with college students with a live band playing. There must have been about 1000 people there all drinking, playing beer pong, other games and dancing. They also have a few table games."