In 1976, casino gambling was legalized in Atlantic City, and for the next four years, casino fever gripped Coney Island. The story is copyrighted.Ĭasino Gambling in Coney Island, By Charles Denson Above is Horace Bullard's model for his proposed development that included a casino. This excerpt is taken from chapter 18, The 1970s: A Decade of Revolution. During the 1990s I interviewed all the key people involved in the failed 1970s plan to bring casino gambling to Coney Island. As with most of the book, I used primary source research. The following selection is from my book, Coney Island Lost and Found, published in 2002.
