This year's third-quarter gross operating profit is over twice the amount in 2020, which was $151 million. Gross operating profit refers to the earnings before interest, taxes and other expenses. Profits at Atlantic City's nine casinos more than doubled in the third quarter of this year after New Jersey lifted most of its COVID-19 restrictions in May, the Associated Press reported.Īccording to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, the casinos showed a collective gross operating profit of $310 million from July to September.