Workers from the Playboy Casino in Atlantic City within the early '80s may have a reunion to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the gambling venue's closing.

Management at Playboy had taken steps to start out to go into the gambling world just because the recession began, suggesting a future pairing of scantily-clad beauties and casino gaming. But to a couple who worked in Atlantic City twenty-five years ago, Playboy Casino isn't a dream of the future, this is a memory of what was.

From 1981 to 1984, the Playboy Casino in Atlantic City featured the bunny outfits and beautiful women that make the Playboy brand. The casino broke off its affiliation with the magazine empire in 1984, becoming the Atlantis, but never prospered and closed in 1989, the primary Atlantic City casino to move out of business.

Now, Playboy is throwing an anniversary party for individuals who toiled within the casino years ago.

A $12 million mansion owned by a Pennsylvania real estate entrepreneur will host the get-together for those ladies who wore the normal bunny ears. The mansion's property director, Renay Rogers, was a cocktail waitress on the Play boy Casino.

Playboy's new casino operation was dealt a fatal blow in 1984 when iconic owner Hugh Hefner was refused a gaming license by New Jersey regulators. The gaming board ruled that Hefner had lied about past business dealings, and made him ineligible to possess the casino.

Hefner sold to partner Elsinore Corporation, who renamed the resort Atlantis.

Now, for individuals who expect Playboy casinos to mark the future, there's a chance to keep in mind the Playboy Casino of the past.

Published on September 20, 2009 by EdBradley

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