Mr. Tracy said the summer season at the three Trump casinos, the peak period for this resort market, would "produce an avalanche of cash."

One was of the same man, taken a few weeks before at another Trump casino when he was arrested under a different name on fraud charges.

A $47.3 million interest payment is due on those bonds in November, and the Trump casinos are not generating enough money to make that payment.

This company has the exclusive right to open new Trump casinos, and has plans to build one in Gary, Ind.

Within the next month or so, the Trump casinos are expected to file for bankruptcy protection.

As the talks go on, the Trump casinos maintain an air of business-as-usual, but underlying it is an uneasy expectancy.

Licenses for two Trump casinos were conditionally renewed by New Jersey regulators.

Although gamblers continue to lose money there, the Trump casinos have had difficulty holding on to it.

But all three Trump casinos are doing fairly well, as Atlantic City edges out of its recession.

The last time a casino tried its own shuttle service here was eight years ago, when the Trump casinos briefly ran one between the two properties.