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BALLY’S CORP. has "refreshed" its site plan for its proposed Chicago casino, the gaming company announced Friday. / COURTESY BALLY’S CORP.

Bally’s says it has $940M financing deal for flagship Chicago casino...

Economic Activity 07/12/2024

PROVIDENCE – Bally's Corp. says it has secured $940 million in funding for its massive flagship Chicago casino project at the same time changing...

Bally’s exploring takeover bid from New York hedge fund

Economic Activity 03/12/2024

PROVIDENCE – Bally’s Corp. announced Tuesday it has formed a committee to evaluate a takeover proposal from a New York-based hedge fund. Standard General, which...

Bally’s posts $25.7 million loss in Q2 as operating costs, expenses...

Economic Activity 08/03/2023

PROVIDENCE – Bally’s Corp. posted a second-quarter loss of $25.7 million after reporting a $59.5 million profit in the same period a year earlier. The company reported...

A NEW REPORT commissioned by the R.I. Department of Revenue says the state could gain $18.5 million per year in general revenue from iGaming. This image shows a free money mobile slot game offered through Bally's Twin River Lincoln Casino. / COURTESY BALLY'S CORP.

Does the owner of Rhode Island’s two casinos deserve to have...

Coronavirus 05/27/2022

Bally’s Corp., owner of Rhode Island's two casinos, is suing Lincoln and Tiverton to get their property taxes reduced due to COVID-19-related revenue losses. The...

BALLY'S CORP. was selected Thursday by Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot as the preferred builder to construct and operate that city’s first casino. Above, a rendering of the proposed project at the The Chicago Tribune Publishing Center site. / COURTESY BALLY'S CORP.

R.I.-based Bally’s selected to build, operate Chicago casino

Economic Activity 05/06/2022

PROVIDENCE – Bally’s Corp. was selected Thursday by Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot as the preferred builder to construct and operate that city’s first...

Ex-tribal chairman’s casino bribery trial set for April

Government 02/01/2022

BOSTON (AP) — A former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe will have his day in court to face bribery, extortion and other charges...

Newly affirmed, tribe looks at casino plans with fresh eyes

Art & Culture 01/10/2022

BOSTON (AP) – As he begins his first full year in office, the new head of a Massachusetts tribe says he intends to take...

TIME TO HEDGE? Rhode Island is the national leader in per capita revenue collected from gambling. Most state leaders, however, say they are unconcerned about the state’s dependence on the industry and the one company, Bally’s Corp., that has a local monopoly on it. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. leaders need to see the risk in dependence on gambling...

Editorial and Op-Ed 12/10/2021

Nevada may be the nation’s gambling mecca, but it still trails runaway national leader Rhode Island in per capita revenue collected from gambling. Yet, as...