REVENUE STREAM: Two people try their luck at video slot machines at Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino. Revenue generated through slot machines and table games at Rhode Island’s two casinos, in combination with lottery tickets and drawings, is one of the biggest sources of funding for the state’s $13 billion budget. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO
Rhode Island has come to rely heavily on Justin Kane and other recreational gamblers like him. Kane, a Providence real estate investor, likes to blow off steam at Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino and its sister site, Bally’s Tiverton Casino & Hotel. There’s something alluring about the chimes and jingles churned out by the rows…
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