皇马赌场于2009年构建了一个自纽约至大西洋赌城的铁路体系，目的是为纽约和大西洋城之间的赌客提供便利的交通环境，因为客源是赌场生死存亡的关键所在。皇马赌场希希望藉此铁路体系吸引更多外地赌客。

　　但根据最新消息，皇马赌场铁路体系于上周五已经终止。铁路体系构建花费了皇家赌场巨额资金，皇马赌场希望能从纽约市来的赌客口袋中获得投资回报，但实际上此铁路体系没有发挥它的预期作用。

　　皇马赌场决定终止铁路体系的原因是纽约的赌场数量在不断增加。在皇马赌场成立之初，纽约赌场数量极少。但短短的三年时间里，纽约赌场数量是过去三年的十倍，甚至目前纽约议员仍然在考虑增加该州的赌场数量。

　　博彩分析师史蒂夫施瓦茨说：“在这样的形势下，皇马赌场继续运作铁路体系只会是亏本投资。三年前，没有人会预测经济衰退后东北地区会出现繁荣的赌场经济局面。如今很明显，纽约的赌徒不会选择乘坐火车千里迢迢赶往大西洋赌城过一把赌瘾，他们更乐意选择在本地的赌场娱乐。”

　　译文：

　　The ACES train system was conceived as a way to bring gamblers from New York to Atlantic City. At a time when the economic recession was keeping customers away from AC casinos, the ACES plan was devised with the hope it would revive the struggling gaming industry.

　　On Friday, the ACES system was officially ended by the three casinos that operate the trains. The system turned out in the end to cost too much money to operate, and the casinos were not seeing a return on their investment in terms of major increases in customers from New York City.

　　One of the reasons officials from Caesar's, Harrah's, and the Borgata decided to end the rail system was an increase in gaming options in New York. At the time that ACES was formed, New York had minimal gaming options. In the past couple of years, the Aqueduct casino that had been in the works for over a decade, finally came to fruition. New York lawmakers are also in the process of adding several other casinos in the state.

　　"The timing was just bad for this system to operate," said Gaming Analyst Steve Schwartz. "Nobody could have predicted the casino boom in the Northeast after the recession, but once the boom occurred, it became evident that gamblers would not choose a train ride to Atlantic City over casinos in their own backyards."