What were the names of the casinos owned by Donald Trump in Atlantic City?

1. The core list: the three Boardwalk names reporters cite

Reporting and historical summaries consistently list Trump Plaza, Trump Castle (later Trump Marina) and Trump Taj Mahal as the principal Atlantic City casinos Trump owned or controlled. Wired and New Jersey Magazine both name Trump Plaza, Trump Marina (the Castle) and the Taj Mahal as his Atlantic City holdings and note the Taj as the last property to carry his name ^{[1] [2]}. Wikipedia’s company page and casino-industry histories mirror that trio when describing Trump’s Atlantic City era ^{[3] [4]}.

2. Why some sources add a fourth or alternate names

Some accounts expand the roster by counting adjoining properties and rebrands. For example, Trump’s acquisition of the Atlantis/Playboy/Regency site was converted into the Trump Regency annex and later Trump World’s Fair — a connected hotel/casino renovation tied to Trump Plaza — which can make lists vary depending on whether they count annexes and rebrands as separate casinos ^[4]. Trump Entertainment Resorts’ corporate history also references multiple properties over time, leading some summaries to describe “four” Trump casinos when including smaller or renamed units ^[3].

3. What happened to those casinos — a short fate summary

All three Boardwalk properties ultimately closed, were sold, or were rebranded. The Trump Plaza was closed and demolished in 2021 after long decline; Wired notes the Plaza closed and the Marina became the Golden Nugget while the Taj Mahal moved to new ownership ^{[1] [5]}. Wikipedia and other industry retrospectives detail repeated bankruptcies and sales as Trump’s casino company restructured in the 1990s–2010s ^{[3] [4]}.

4. How journalists and industry analyses frame Trump’s Atlantic City legacy

Multiple outlets present competing narratives: promotional accounts emphasize scale and celebrity events, while investigative and business reporting highlight heavy debt, bankruptcies, and community decline tied to his casinos. Casino.org and WIRED evaluate financial strain and worker, creditor and community impacts; NJ Monthly and casino histories recount ambitious expansion and the costly construction of the Taj Mahal ^{[6] [1] [2] [7]}.

5. On naming precision — what sources agree and where they differ

Sources agree on the three main names (Trump Plaza, Trump Castle/Marina, Trump Taj Mahal) ^{[1] [2] [3]}. Differences arise over counting annexes or later rebrands (Trump Regency, Trump World’s Fair) as distinct casinos; Wikipedia’s Trump Plaza entry and other histories mention Trump purchased the Atlantis and rebranded parts of it as the Trump Regency and later connected renovations like Trump World’s Fair, which fuels discrepancies in lists ^{[4] [3]}.

6. Limitations and what available reporting does not say

The provided sources do not list a neat, single official roster that explains every corporate entity or license name Trump held at every moment; detailed corporate filings and New Jersey Casino Control Commission licensing records are not included in the documents you supplied, so precise legal ownership timelines and the full set of corporate entity names are not verifiable here (available sources do not mention detailed licensing records). The materials do not settle whether some minor annexes should be counted as separate “casinos” for every historical list ^{[4] [3]}.

7. Bottom line for your question

If you want the simple, widely reported answer: the casinos most commonly cited as owned by Donald Trump in Atlantic City are Trump Plaza, Trump Castle (later Trump Marina) and the Trump Taj Mahal. Broader counts that include rebranded annexes or connected properties sometimes add Trump Regency/Trump World’s Fair as distinct entries ^{[1] [2] [4] [3]}.