1984: Asa's police-officer nephew, Rafe Garretson, married Samantha Vernon at the Crown Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, but the ceremony was interrupted when mobster Herve Boudin raced in, having just murdered Leo Coronal, kingpin of a major Philadelphia crime family. Samantha caught a glimpse of the killer, and was later found floating face down at the Vernon Inn health club.

1986: Although it wasn't revealed until 2001, Allison Perkins kidnapped Viki's baby girl Natalie and handed her off to ob/gyn Walter Balsom. The doc was killed by cult leader Mitch Laurence, and Natalie was raised by Balsom's wife, Roxanne, in Atlantic City. No one knew she existed until Natalie returned to Llanview in 2001 to collect her part of the Buchanan/Lord fortune and Viki discovered that Natalie was Jessica's twin sister.

1989: Actress Megan Gordon dressed as her Fraternity Row character Roxanne's (no relation to Roxy Balsom) twin sister, Ruby Bright, and went to Atlantic City to do some "field research" on the wild life. It was there that she met Marco Dane, Karen Wolek's old pimp, who followed her back to Llanview and caused trouble for her and Max. That same year, Tina was kidnapped in Atlantic City while searching for the elusive crown jewels of Mendorra. One of her captors, Ursula Blackwell, strapped Tina to an electric chair and nearly fried her before the police arrived.

1994: When Luna kicked Max out for his serious gambling addiction, Max took Blair to Atlantic City for a weekend of gambling and wild sex. He lost a significant amount of money, which put him on bad terms with loan shark Jimmy Glover (who was really R.J.).