fresh YORK (AFP) — All bets could quick be off in Atlantic City after a shutdown of the state restraint in New Jersey threatened to grapple the roulette wheels in the US east coast gambling haven.

fresh YORK (AFP) — All bets could quick be off in Atlantic City after a shutdown of the state restraint in New Jersey threatened to grapple the roulette wheels in the US east coast gambling haven.

The city's 12 casinos, which collectively rake in around 13 million dollars a day, have been ordered to halt their 24-hour gambling operations at 8:00 am (1200 GMT) Wednesday.

The unprecedent closure is the end of a budget dispute between strange Jersey Governor John Corzine and the state legislature.

Corzine effectively confine down the state government following the expiration of his July 1 deadline for legislators to adopt a recently made known state budget.

The measure enjoin some 45,000 public sector workers forward indefinite leave, closing courts and other basic public services, although police and state hospitals were relieveed

The shutdown was phased