\nIf you are thinking Clooney and Pitt and Ocean’s Eleven elegance, think again. The casino heist in Atlantic City this week was closer to smash and grab.<\/p>\n
\tA manhunt was underway Tuesday after two masked thieves robbed Caesars Atlantic City casino of more than $180,000 at gunpoint Monday.<\/p>\n
\tTwo suspects entered the casino around 6 a.m. and at least one of them pulled out a gun before stealing two plastic boxes containing more than $180,000 in cash, according to police information. The robbers fled in a car.<\/p>\n
\tThe New Jersey State Police Gaming Bureau is investigating, indicating the robbery occurred within the casino, not the hotel.<\/p>\n
\tDespite all the famed security at casinos, heists are not that uncommon. One of the most daring took place at the Bellagio in Las Vegas in 2010, when a lone gunman entered the casino wearing a white motorcycle helmet. Anthony Carleo pointed a handgun at a craps table, crammed a pile of casino chips into a fanny pack, ran out of the casino and fled on a motorcycle. It took a couple months, but Carleo’s luck ran out. He went to prison for the deed.<\/p>\n
\tThen there was the misfortunes of David Hayes, an Ohio man who was robbed of his $35,800 in casino winnings in 2012. A year later things got worse \u2014 he was charged with stealing from the jewelry store where he worked to fund a gambling habit.<\/p>\n
\tThings can’t get much worse for gambling in Atlantic City. This week’s robbery comes amid a crisis for local casinos, which have seen declining revenue for eight years. The casinos’ losing streak continuing this summer: The 1,400-room Revel, which opened in 2012, entered bankruptcy for a second time, and Showboat and Trump Plaza, two of the city’s oldest casinos, are planning to close by fall.<\/p>\n
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