Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. idled 353 slot machines with names such as Top Dollar, Jackpot, Loveboat and Dangerous Beauty when it closed its Plaza casino in Atlantic City, N.J., after declaring bankruptcy, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. Now the company is betting it can squeeze a bit more value from the slots by selling the machines and unloading the cost of securing, maintaining and storing them. The company asked Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross for permission to sell the slots for $146,650 to Patriot Gaming & Electronics Inc., with offices in New Gretna, New Jersey. That works out to about $415 each for Patriot, which repurposes and distributes used slot machines, according to its website. The slots “are no longer necessary” for business and will help “obtain meaningful value” for creditors, Trump Entertainment said in an Oct. 24 filing.
