A federal judge in New Jersey has ordered the consolidation of similar complaints accusing several Atlantic City casinos of illegally inflating hotel room rates for years.
US District Court Judge Karen Williams granted a plaintiff’s request to merge three proposed class action claims against six Atlantic City casinos and their parent companies for allegedly “conspiring” with a hotel booking software supplier to raise room rates.
The claimants accuse the casinos and the tech firm of violating antitrust laws and causing customers to overpay for rooms since 2018.
Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International and Hard Rock International – in addition to Cendyn Group, a Florida-based hospitality technology company providing room-booking software to hotel operators – are named as defendants.
