A Wiseguy's Guide To Saving Atlantic City
By George Anastasia
Paul D'Amato sat in the living room of his Ventnor home dressed in pajamas, slippers and a bathrobe.
It was about 3 o'clock on a spring afternoon in 1978. D'Amato said he had gotten up a few hours earlier. His body, after years of running one of the most popular joints in the city, was still on nightclub time.
The 500 Club, an Atlantic …