Less than a month after the attorney for the owners of the vacant CVS Pharmacy in Ship Bottom outlined, in a letter to the court, the multiple steps his clients took to secure a gaming permit for the family-style entertainment center they plan to bring to the site, an Ocean County Superior Court judge dismissed, with prejudice, their counter claim against the borough of Ship Bottom.  

In issuing his Aug. 27 order, Judge Mark A. Troncone said Wainwright Amusement LLC made no formal application to Ship…