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Workers put closed signs on the entrance of the Showboat Casino Hotel, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J. The show is ending for the Showboat Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. The Mardi Gras-themed casino shut down Sunday after 27 years on the Boardwalk. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
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Denise Miller of New Jersey was one of many people who came down to to watch the closed sign be put up on the boardwalk entrance. Though she's been gone for several years, she said she worked at Showboat back when it opened in 1987.
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Their closures have been blamed on increased competition from neighboring states like Pennsylvania and New York. Altogether, the closures will mean the loss of 6,000 jobs. The economic impact is expected to ripple throughout South Jersey.
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