This is a perfect reason why one should never enter Atlantic City (out of basic principle and reasons of personal safety), and never spend money with an Atlantic City-based business.
Atlantic City is a shadow of its former self, and was long before the ChiCom virus. Pennsylvania casinos crushed them; instead of driving more than two hours to get to AC, I can drive an hour to gamble in northeast PA (if I still had any interest in that). Much of the clientele from the NYC metro area, as well as the Philly metro area (which is closer), no longer have to go to that unsafe, dirty place.