Chapter 845: 289, Success of Racing Club_2

Everyone knew John was his own elder brother and also his spokesperson within the gang. The fact that Al Capone dared to strike John meant that if Donnie didn’t take any actions, people would inevitably think he was easy to bully.

This would only lead to more trouble in the future!

Poor Al Capone didn’t even understand why he ended up in such a situation!

Steve Cotting had someone knock Al Capone unconscious, and then someone brought a trash can, throwing Al Capone into it and carting him away directly!

At this moment, Johnny Torrio had already finished listing a few names from Al Capone’s core team.

Donnie handed the paper directly to John, saying: “Tell Chris to have the transportation team handle these people when they go to Chicago this time, get rid of them all!”

For Donnie, dealing with Al Capone was no different than crushing an ant on the roadside, even though this person was an idol to countless future gangsters in the United States, a golden material for Hollywood; but ultimately, for people like Donnie, who were already participating in shaping the rules of this world, Al Capone was just a minor figure.

Donnie returned to his previous private box and began chatting cheerfully with the people inside. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows with binoculars, they watched the racing horses sprinting on the track, cheering on loudly just like the ordinary spectators below!

Eventually, the race named after Coolidge’s birthplace, ‘Plymouth’, claimed the championship of this race!

After resting for a while, there would be a second race, with Atlantic City Racing Club hosting three to four races every day.

In the evening, Donnie held a lavish dinner to celebrate the successful opening of the day’s races at Atlantic City Racing Club.

The next day, the first thing Donnie did upon arriving at the Surf Hotel was to listen to Nate’s report on the results of the Racing Club.

Atlantic City Racing Club hosted seventy thousand visitors just yesterday, earning $50,000 in ticket office revenues alone, and brought in $130,000 from various snacks and beverage sales for the Racing Club.

Additionally, the main revenue came from the sales of betting tickets; the Racing Club conducted four races yesterday with betting ticket sales reaching $3.96 million.

This means, in just one day, the Racing Club generated sales performance of $4.14 million.

Of course, this number had to discount marketing costs, prize payouts, making the pure profit for the Atlantic City Racing Club that day $1.62 million!

Hearing this number, Donnie couldn’t help but feel astonished; if this was the case, the Atlantic City Racing Club would generate profits exceeding $300 million annually!

However, Donnie soon understood that yesterday was just the first day, and many people gambled just out of novelty, so such scenes wouldn’t continue, and the numbers would definitely decrease.

But Donnie wasn’t worried about this as the first day’s results were indeed pleasantly surprising.

This means, as long as the Atlantic City Racing Club can maintain its popularity, even if the numbers fall, ensuring an annual income of hundreds of millions of dollars would still be no problem at all.

Moreover, during this process, the Atlantic City Racing Club could also hold some special races, which would definitely boost revenue in the future!

Besides, the Atlantic City Racing Club had not yet truly spread nationwide, so the business would definitely see increasingly higher revenues in the future!

Indeed, the gambling industry is the most profitable!

Donnie instructed Nate: “The success of yesterday’s Racing Club is temporary, but don’t assume that every day will achieve such results in the future. Remember, keep every visitor happy; as long as we have a steady stream of visitors, our business will face no issues!”

Nate nodded seriously, saying: “I understand, boss!”

Subsequently, Donnie asked Nate about some of the situations that had occurred inside the stadium yesterday and inquired about Nate’s solutions to these issues.

Knowing that there were no major problems all day at the Racing Club yesterday, Donnie was very satisfied.

In the following time, Donnie dealt with his other workload; although the Atlantic City Racing Club was successful, it didn’t mean Donnie could devote all his energy there.

The rest of the work still needed to be handled!

At noon, Donnie once again invited the people still in Atlantic City to join him for lunch.

Although everyone present was curious about the performance of the Atlantic City Racing Club from the previous day, they all knew it belonged to Donnie’s business secrets, so they could only keep their curiosity to themselves.

A few days later, these people gradually left Atlantic City, and Donnie’s life calmed down, but Atlantic City itself became increasingly lively.

The hosting of Atlantic City Racing Club gave the visitors an additional thrilling place to enjoy, but it also increased the duration of many people’s stays in Atlantic City, indirectly boosting the city’s economy.

In such circumstances, the investment attraction plan of North District began to run smoothly; many understood that judging by the current development rate of Atlantic City, this city was bound to flourish even more.

During this time, apart from Donnie, Nucky was the happiest!