New Year’s 2023 Promotions at Atlantic City Casinos

In Atlantic City, some casinos are holding promotions to celebrate the start of 2023. Most of these promotions will be offered on New Year’s Day.

Promotions vary from drawings based on a player’s tier status, entries earned during a select window, and multiplier days. New cars, free slot play and cash prizes will be awarded. Players must be present to win most contests and drawings. More details can be found at each casino’s players club center.

Bally’s Atlantic City – $100,000 sweepstakes

Bally’s in Atlantic City will be celebrating New Year’s Day 2023 by giving away a Jeep Wrangler, cash prizes and free play. Drawings take place every hour starting at 4pm through 7pm. The grand prize finale happens at 8pm. Players can activate entries starting at 2pm until 7:45pm. One additional entry is gained for each 25 Bally Bucks earned.

Borgata – $161,840 in free play

On New Year’s Day, Borgata will give away $2,023 in free play every 23 minutes. Drawings will take place beginning at 3pm until 10pm with up to 80 winners selected throughout the night. Entries can be earned beginning December 25 at 6am through 9:30pm on January 1.

Players card members are eligible for one free entry. One additional entry is gained for every $1 in slot dollars earned or for every 100 table game tier credits. Players must activate entries prior to the drawings at a promotional kiosk.

Additionally, Borgata is giving away $107,250 in free play every Saturday through the end of the year. A grand prize drawing will take place on December 31 at 10pm. Grand prizes include a 2023 Audi Q8 Prestige, a trip to the Bahamas and a $4,000 gift card. Players may earn additional entries at the same rate as the New Year’s Day drawing mentioned above. Up to 10 times entries are earned on Sunday and Wednesdays.

Golden Nugget – $250,000 sweepstakes

In Atlantic City, Golden Nugget will be giving away up to $250,000 in free play prizes. Ten winners will be drawn every 30 minutes from 2pm until 8pm on January 1, 2023. Prizes vary based on a player’s tier level.

• 24 Karat – $50 in free play
• Premier – $100 in free play
• Chairman – $500 in free play
• Elite – $1,000 in free play

Players earn one entry for every 25 base tier credits earned. Five times entries are earned on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesday and December 23 through December 31. On January 1, players are awarded 10 times entries.

Hard Rock Casino – 10x and 15x free play multipliers

At Hard Rock Casino in Atlantic City, players earn 10x free play on eligible slots between 11am and 2pm on December 31. From 4pm until 7pm, players earn 15x free play. Other 10x free play multiplier days include December 25 and 28, from 8pm until midnight. Five times tier points are earned all day on December 26 and 5x comp dollars from 5pm until 10pm on December 27.

Ocean Casino – $1,000,000 in prizes over 8 days to 1,400+ winners

Ocean Casino will be counting down the last eight days of 2022 with eight days of winners. Each day $100,000 in prizes will be given away, with $200,000 in prizes awarded on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. From December 25 to 30, daily grand prize drawings will award five winners a share of $10,000 in free play. Grand prize drawings will award four winners a share of $25,000 in cash on December 31 and January 1.

December 25-30, 2022

• 1-3:30pm – $250 in free play (10 winners every 30 minutes)
• 4-7:30pm – $500 in free play (10 winners every 30 minutes)
• 8-8:30pm – $750 in free play (10 winners every 30 minutes)
• 9-9:30pm – $1,000 in free play (10 winners every 30 minutes)
• 10pm – $2,000 in free play (5 winners)

December 31 & January 1

• 2-4pm – $500 in free play (10 winners every 30 minutes)
• 4:30-6pm – $750 in free play (10 winners every 30 minutes)
• 6:30-9:30pm – $1,000 in free play (10 winners every 30 minutes)
• 10-10:30pm – $2,500 in free play (10 winners every 30 minutes)
• 11pm – $25,000 in cash (4 winners)
  • 1st place $10,000
  • 2nd place $7,500
  • 3rd place $5,000
  • 4th place $2,500

Players card members get one free entry per day. Entries must be activated at a promotional kiosk starting at noon each day.

Resorts Atlantic City – Up to $30,000 in prizes + cashback multipliers

Multiple New Year’s promotional events will be held at Resorts Atlantic City. There will be mystery cashback multipliers on New Year’s Eve. Announced throughout the casino floor, multipliers will begin on December 31 at 2pm and change throughout the night until 2am on January 1. Multipliers vary between two and ten times cashback.

On January 1 from 6pm through 10pm, slot prizes will be awarded based on players card tier. Previous winners are eligible for the 10pm drawing.

• Premiere
  • $100 in free play (one winner at 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm)
  • $300 in free play (at 10pm)
• Epic
  • $200 in free play (two winners at 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm)
  • $500 in free play (at 10pm)
• Paramount
  • $300 in free play (three winners at 6:15pm, 7:15pm, 8:15pm, 9:15pm)
  • $700 in free play (at 10pm)
• Paramount+
  • $400 in free play (four winners at 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm)
  • $1,500 in free play (at 10pm)
• Red Carpet
  • $500 in free play (five winners at 6:45pm, 7:45pm, 8:45pm, 9:45pm)
  • $5,000 in free play (at 10pm)

Other casino promotions

Caesars, Harrah’s and Tropicana in Atlantic City do not have any New Year’s promotions listed on their websites. However, there is a $50,000 jackpot drawing on January 2. It is open to players with taxable jackpot winnings, restrictions apply. The drawing is across all three properties.

New Year’s casino alternatives

For players who want to celebrate the New Year in Atlantic City, there are multiple casinos with the special promotional offers listed above. However, many other players want to avoid the holiday crowds. In New Jersey, these players are eligible to play online casino games at home.

New eligible players may qualify for a deposit match or loss rebate bonus. Signing up using one of the below offers helps support Atlantic City Advantage. Most online casinos offer promotions and bonuses to existing players throughout the year.