
Due For A Win: The Atlantic City Podcast
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DFAW #179: Spectacularly Imploded
EOn episode 179 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a famous old hotel that got a drastic makeover, then talk about how... Read more »
DFAW #178: Too Much Sea Breeze
EOn Episode 178 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at expanding rail service in 1878 and the city’s first casino in 1978, then... Read more »
DFAW #177: A Dot City
EOn episode 177 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig read a 145-year-old AC trip report and look back at the closing of an iconic Boardwalk... Read more »
DFAW #176: Alleged Edits
EOn episode 176 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a bygone tradition and a momentous election. Then we do some housekeeping on... Read more »
DFAW #175: It Was … Fine
EOn episode 175 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at the Commodore’s move to AC and the 1975 U.S. Women’s Open, then give... Read more »
DFAW #174: A Lot of Money To Do a Lot of Things
EOn episode 174 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at 1874 and 1974, then try to plan our trip with Kyle’s status totally... Read more »
DFAW #173: Brighton Punch and Funnel Cake Martinis
EOn episode 173 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at “one of the fanciest hotels in Atlantic City’s heyday,” as well as the... Read more »
DFAW #172: Epicycloidal Diversion
EOn episode 172 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at an oddly-named amusement (see the photo) and the founding of one of Craig’s... Read more »
DFAW #171: Poison Pudding
EOn episode 171 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at an 1871 mystery worthy of young adult fiction (or not), and the Boardwalk... Read more »
DFAW #170: Lacking Assertiveness
EOn episode 170 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at the first version of the Boardwalk, and an interestingly-named book published for the... Read more »
DFAW #169: The Only Way To Be Wrong
EOn episode 169 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a hotel in an iconic location, the death of a visionary, and a... Read more »
DFAW #168: The Other ACs
EOn episode 168 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at an early boarding house with a familiar name, the founding of an Atlantic... Read more »
DFAW #167: Worst Trip Report Ever
On episode 167 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig have nothing to say about 1867 but lots to say about the home of the Rainforest... Read more »
DFAW #166: Stabbed in the Back
EOn episode 166 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at the adventures of the city’s cows in the 1860s, check in with our... Read more »
DFAW #165: Glorified Burlesque
EOn episode 165 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at some shocking 1865 criminal activity, the completion of the Atlantic City Expressway, and... Read more »
DFAW #164: 2022 New Year’s Spectacular
EOn episode 164 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a Civil War shipwreck and one of the most infamous events in AC... Read more »
DFAW #163: Gallon of Scotch
EOn episode 163 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a hotel that stuck around in AC for 119 years, and a hotel... Read more »
DFAW #162: All These Plans Have Changed
EOn episode 162 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a time when it was impossible to get change (before Covid), and a... Read more »
DFAW #161: Important Swingers’ Club Updates
EOn episode 161 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a short-lived newspaper that wasn’t even published in the city, and the pioneering... Read more »
DFAW #160: Robatayaki
EOn episode 160 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at the humble beginnings of the Dennis Hotel, a shipwreck that has become a... Read more »
DFAW #159: Casino Kid
EOn episode 159 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, we start by remembering Darryl McEwen, who died on October 10th at age 72. Darryl published the Seven Stars... Read more »
DFAW #158: Our Top 3 Casinos in AC
EOn episode 158 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig discuss how the first public school on the island was created and when “Summertime on the... Read more »
DFAW #157: BSD and ASD
EOn episode 157 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig have informed discussions about Parisian lighthouse technology and 1950s military aviation and weaponry. Then it’s time... Read more »
DFAW #156: Don’t Put a Tax on a Beautiful Girl
EOn episode 156 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at an Atlantic City-themed musical variety special that aired on NBC in 1956 (see... Read more »
DFAW #155: Walking Back Our Praise
EOn episode 155 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at 1855 when construction started on the Absecon Lighthouse, then 1955 when the motel... Read more »
DFAW #154: Two Hours in AC
EOn episode 154 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig discuss the best options if you only have two hours to spend in AC. We also... Read more »
DFAW #153: Diversify Your Bonds
EOn episode 153 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back the first hotel and the first motel in AC, wax nostalgic over some late-’90s... Read more »
DFAW #152: Field Trip to Peru
EOn episode 152 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back a 1952 Atlantic City pinball/bingo machine, yet another major fire, and one of the... Read more »
DFAW #151: Kings and Little Men
EOn episode 151 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a rug store fire on the Boardwalk and a fairly uninteresting travel video... Read more »
DFAW #150: A Rando Trip Report
EOn episode 150 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a record-setting Frank Sinatra concert at Steel Pier, discuss some quick news updates,... Read more »
DFAW #149: Innuendo
EOn episode 149 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a massive bowling event held at Boardwalk Hall, provide some updates on COVID... Read more »
DFAW #148: Scary Parking Garage Grand Prix
EOn episode 148 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a mildly scandalous Life Magazine cover story from 1948, correct some things from... Read more »
DFAW #147: Tales from a Cocktail and Scallop Connoisseur
EOn episode 147 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at 1947 when multiple telecommunications conferences took place and major decisions were made —... Read more »
DFAW #146: Iconic is Definitely Not the Word I Would Use
EOn episode 146 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at 1946, when White House Sub Shop opened, The Roost was the cock o’... Read more »
DFAW #145: Birch Beer and Baseball Cards
EOn episode 145 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at 1945, when the nefarious Professor Kilgory went on a crime spree only to... Read more »
DFAW #144: Valuable Bric-a-Brac
EOn episode 144 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at 1944 when a hurricane washed away the Heinz Pier and the musical Atlantic... Read more »
DFAW #143: We Need a New HQ
On episode 143 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at 1943 when the infant incubator exhibit (featured in Boardwalk Empire) closed, and Babette’s... Read more »
DFAW #142: Classy in a Very Outdated Way
EOn episode 142 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at the “Camp Boardwalk” era (including the prominent role played by the hotel that... Read more »
DFAW #141: Pulchritude
EOn episode 141 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at Nucky Johnson’s legal (and financial?) troubles, then watch a video of the crowning... Read more »
DFAW #140: Postum and an Order of Saltangs, Please
EOn episode 140 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz podcast, Kyle and Craig peruse an old menu from the hotel that is now Resorts, make some New Year’s resolutions,... Read more »
DFAW #139: Harry and Groom
EOn episode 139 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at some random 1939 events, including Nucky’s indictment for tax evasion, a boxer fighting... Read more »
DFAW #138: Looking for a Reason to Be Annoyed
EWe’re everywhere! Be sure to check out Kyle’s appearance on The Bettor Life and Craig’s appearance on The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano (starting at 122:30). On episode... Read more »
DFAW #137: Forever Waiting at the Blue Martini
EOn episode 137 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a tragic gas blast and a Miss America mystery. We also celebrate our... Read more »
DFAW #136: America’s All-Year Resort
EOn episode 136 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at the least interesting time capsule ever, a much more interesting tourism poster, and... Read more »
DFAW #135: Long Live Bally’s
EOn episode 135 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at 1935, when legendary Club Harlem opened and Monopoly was first published. Then, the... Read more »
DFAW #134: Swing Along Through the Jubilant Throngs
EOn episode 134 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig talk about Craig’s massive futures bet on English soccer, flip through a glorious magazine from 1934,... Read more »
DFAW #133: Not Narcs, We Promise
EOn episode 133 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at the end of Prohibition and how it affected AC, then get into the... Read more »
DFAW #132: More Garage Dining
EOn episode 132 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at a tragic circus accident that occurred 1932, then try to make themselves feel... Read more »
DFAW #131: Giddy and Angry
EOn episode 131 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at an old Broadway musical partly set in AC, then get into the latest... Read more »
DFAW #130: The Most Awkward Night of Our Lives
EOn episode 130 of the Atlantic City and Casino Biz Podcast, Kyle and Craig look back at Atlantic City’s tallest building for 59 years and a brand mascot that doubles... Read more »