Do Not Pass Go: Harrah's Lets You Build Your Own Boardwalk Empire

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If you grew up playing Monopoly, you probably felt pretty much at home your first time in Atlantic City. The Depression-era game is firmly rooted in AC, and Wikipedia will tell you that the most expensive spots on the board today—like the Boardwalk—were also the most expensive spots on the board when the game was first sold. Though conceived during tough times, the game in many ways reflects the wealth of the Jersey beach town during Prohibition.

Also repping Atlantic City's Prohibition days? New HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire by the same mind who brought you The Sopranos—with a pilot episode directed by non other than Martin Scorcese. The show premieres September 19, but if you can't wait that long for a taste of Atlantic City at its best (and also its worst), our pals at Harrah's have teamed with HBO to offer a Boardwalk Empire special deal. To celebrate the decade in which the series is set, 1,920 Atlantic City hotel rooms will be available for a mere $19.20 from September 16 – 30. You can book your rooms now (better hurry—it's first-come, first-served) online—and if you book for the night of the Boardwalk Empire premiere, you can also attend a viewing party and panel discussion at Caesar's Circus Maximus Theatre, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Not enticing enough? How about $19.20 prix fixe dinners all over AC—including at restaurants in all of the Harrah's properties? It's a deal that even the most hardened bootlegger would be bound to love.