Resorts Atlantic City Casino Selling Mislabeled Beer At Bar

Atlantic City casinos have been through a lot over the past couple of years. The economy came crashing down around them, and regulators are still keeping a close eye on all daily operations.

One of those operations is the selling of alcohol. Resorts Atlantic City has found out the hard way that if the casino wants to sell draft beer, they had better ensure that it is the same beer they are advertising.

Twice in the past year, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission has caught Resorts selling tap beer out of a keg in which the beer keg taps were mislabeled. The casino will now have to pay a $5,000 fine for repeated offenses.

"More than likely it is not a mistake if it happened several different times over the past year," said observer Neil Hagars, "a lot of times bars will promote one beer, but get another one cheaper, so they switch out the kegs to pretend they are selling the more expensive beer."

Resorts did not comment on the violations, but the Commission did outline the times that they were in violation of regulatory rules. In March, the bar had a tap labeled "Miller Genuine Draft", but the keg attached to the tap was actually "Miller Lite."

A similar situation arose back in August. "Coors Light" was what the tap was labeled, but the beer they were actually serving was "Coors Original", a full-calorie version of the popular beer.

Atlantic City casinos have seen their revenue drop upwards of twenty percent over the past couple of months. They have gone over a year and a half with revenues declining month after month.

June 18, 2009
Posted By April Gardner
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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