Angelo Pagan, who plays Rico in this episode, married Leah Remini, who plays Carrie Heffernan/Doug's wife, about a year and a half after this episode aired.
The plot line of breaking up Deacon and Kelly resulted from actress Merrin Dungey's expanded role on the ABC drama Alias. Previously she had been a recurring character on that series. Once her role in Alias was finished Dungey would return to King of Queens in the sixth season episode Nocturnal Omission in which the plot had Deacon and Kelley reconciling.
The Atlantic City set-up for this episode featuring an Egyptian-themed casino is very similar to that of Secrets & Ellen (1997), where Paige takes Spence to a Roman-themed casino in Las Vegas. Ellen would be the original funny sitcom which many-to-come sitcoms would often lift storylines, set-ups and plots from.