Bettors Gamble With Their Money, and the Virus, As Atlantic City Reopens
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Hard Rock Casino guests are scene on a thermal imaging monitor as their temperature is checked upon entering the casino in Atlantic City, N.J., on Thursday, July 2, 2020. (Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Terril Tate left his house an hour before dawn Thursday to be one of the first players at a craps table when the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino reopened at 6 a.m. He was hoping for a win and maybe a date. But Tate, 41, said he was also on a mission to pave the way for people who don`t yet feel safe enough — he called them “worry bots” — to venture into indoor recreational and leisure spaces. “There`s got to be someone who goes into the fire first,” said Tate, a truck...