Norton helped create the American Gaming Association, the industry’s trade group, and was the only founding director from outside Nevada, his son said. He also advised authorities in Singapore, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Andorra, and the Netherlands Antilles on establishing or operating gambling facilities. Norton used his experience as an Atlantic City casino pioneer to advise state governments - including in Louisiana, Illinois and Indiana - on how to adopt riverboat gambling, and in 1998 founded his own gambling consultancy company based in Indiana. It had stood unused and empty since its 2014 closure and was beginning to deteriorate. in 1984, demolished by controlled implosion earlier today. in Las Vegas, and served as president of Gold River Gaming and Argosy Gaming. Playboy Casino Hotel, Atlantic City (1981-2000) Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, New Jersey, designed by Martin Stern Jr.
He later worked for Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp. “In New Jersey, he personally identified the opportunity, did the market feasibility and economic impact studies, and worked with the legislators and Attorney General’s office in drafting the Casino Control Act and the regulations that allowed casinos to open in 1978.”īefore working for Resorts, Norton worked in the hotel industry in the Bahamas. Would we have better chance of lower table minimums 10. There minimums are lower in Vegas compared to AC march madness other than the one 10 table at oceans. We have had a lot of fun, but we also go to Vegas 2x a year usually. “Steve was instrumental in the proliferation of gaming expansion that occurred outside Nevada,” said his son, Rob. It has been our thing the last few years to do AC for the first weekend of march madness.
