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Trump Castle is a series of gambling video games published by Capstone Software between 1989 and 1993. The games are named after Trump's Castle hotel-casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey , and were released for Amiga , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , Commodore 128 , and MS-DOS .
Michael S. Lasky of Computer Gaming World called the game a "highly" improved version of its predecessor, and praised the save feature and multiplayer. However, Lasky stated that the quality of the graphical interface for each gambling game varied, with table games looking "uncannily" realistic, unlike the slot and video poker games; the latter games were also criticized for their poor payoffs.
Trump Plaza's revenues took a sharp decline in 1990, due to competition from its newly opened sister property, the Trump Taj Mahal, which was a mile away. [15] The casino narrowly averted default on a 1991 payment to bondholders by taking out a $25 million mortgage on its parking garage. [15]
By the time it closed, Trump Plaza was the poorest-performing casino in Atlantic City, taking in as much money from gamblers in 8 1/2 months as the market-leading Borgata did every two weeks.
While a 2016 Washington Post review found that Trump made over $44 million, the company — Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts — lost more than $1 billion and ended up in bankruptcy.
In 1996, Trump's new publicly traded company Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts purchased Taj Mahal in a transaction that valued the property at $890 million. [27] [28] In the 1990s, Trump's Taj Mahal casino was "the world's largest, most flamboyant casino" and Trump took on an "enormous amount of debt" to launch it. [29]
Another risk is Trump’s own financial stake in the company, which has the same ticker symbol as a Trump casino company that went bankrupt in 2004. Trump owns at least 55% of the company, and his ...
Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. was a gambling and hospitality company. The company previously owned and operated the now-demolished Trump Plaza and Trump World's Fair (both in Atlantic City), the now-closed Trump Marina, Trump Casino & Hotel in Gary, Indiana, Trump 29 in Coachella, California, and Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.