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Bally's gets Gaming Board approval to open temporary casino

After years of planning, months of renovations and several days of monitored practice sessions, Bally's Chicago got the green light Friday from the Illinois Gaming Board to launch the city's long-sought first casino. Medinah Temple in River North opened this weekend, welcoming gamblers to try their luck at an ornate temporary facility that is…
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Bally's gets Gaming Board approval to open temporary casino
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January gambling revenues up at Bally's but down statewide

The new year is off to a promising start for Bally's Chicago, which saw gambling revenue hit a new monthly high in January, bucking a broader post-holiday downturn for Illinois casinos. In January, revenue at the temporary Medinah Temple casino grew 9.1% to $9.3 million in adjusted gross receipts, according to monthly data released Wednesday by the…
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January gambling revenues up at Bally's but down statewide
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Rivers Casino customers, employees targeted by data breach

Customers at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines were targeted by a data breach of the casino's systems in August, the casino announced Thursday. The casino's internal networks were accessed on or around Aug. 12, and the casino discovered the breach Nov. 2. Hackers targeted the names, birth dates, contact information, drivers' license and government ID…
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US casinos top $60 billion in revenue in 2022, with Chicago the 4th largest market

Commercial casinos in the United States won more than $60 billion from gamblers in 2022, the best year in the industry's history. Figures released Wednesday by the American Gaming Association, the gambling industry's national trade group, show that in-person gambling remains the bread-and-butter of the industry, accounting for more than 80% of its…
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US casinos top $60 billion in revenue in 2022, with Chicago the 4th largest market
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Rush Street Expanded Konami's SYNKROS to Latest Rivers Casino

Rush Street Gaming expanded the scope of Konami Gaming's SYNKROS casino management system to cover the company's new world-class casino destination, Rivers Casino Portsmouth, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Rush Street Gaming selected the SYNKROS casino management system for its new land-based casino that is set to become the first permanent casino in…
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Who's left out of the casino?

On Wednesday, the city council approved a plan to offer Chicago's sole casino license to Bally's Corporation, 41 - 7, with one recusal. Alderpersons Brian Hopkins (2nd Ward), Anthony Beale (9th), Ed Burke (14th), Ray Lopez (15th), Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th), Brendan Reilly (42nd), and Michele Smith (43rd) voted against the proposal. Alderperson…
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Chicago casino: Lightfoot picks Bally’s proposal at Tribune printing plant site

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is betting big on Bally's. Lightfoot on Thursday confirmed the East Coast gambling company as her pick to run the city's coveted casino at the busy River West site of the Chicago Tribune's Freedom Center printing plant. The mayor's choice for the house of chance, first reported Tuesday by the Chicago Sun-Times, marks an upset…
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Chicago casino: Lightfoot picks Bally’s proposal at Tribune printing plant site
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Chicago casino site could be selected in ‘early 2022’

Chicago officials Friday laid out a process of community input and quick City Council approval of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's preferred casino plan, saying all five bids are on equal footing despite community opposition to one and questions about state financing for another. Lightfoot plans to select the operator and location of a Chicago casino in…
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Chicago casino site could be selected in ‘early 2022’
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Rivers Casino Des Plaines hiring 400 positions for property expansion

The operator is seeking candidates in Food and Beverage, Table Games, Slots, Marketing and other roles. The property will open a 78000 square-foot expansion in 2022, which will make the casino the first to have the state's maximum number of 2000 gaming positions when complete. Rivers Casino Des Plaines, jointly owned by Rush Street…
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Rivers Casino Des Plaines hiring 400 positions for property expansion
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Job opportunities at Rivers Casino Des Plains

In the American state of Illinois and Rivers Casino Des Plaines has announced that it is looking to hire as many as 400 additional employees in advance of premiering a new 78000 sq ft extension in the spring. Opened in July of 2011, the venue co-owned by Rush Street Gaming and Churchill Downs Incorporated used an official Wednesday press release to…
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Chicago has five competing casino bids. Here’s what’s proposed.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is looking at five proposals from three firms vying to run Chicago's casino. Now it's almost time for her to show her hand. City officials are sifting through the bids, including one from Hard Rock International that would set the gambling emporium in a massive mixed-use project, One Central, which developers hope to…
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Chicago has five competing casino bids. Here’s what’s proposed.
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3 Firms Bid to Build a Casino-Resort in Chicago: Officials

Three firms want to build a casino and resort in Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office announced Friday. Rush Street Gaming, led by Chicago billionaire and Rivers Casino Des Plaines operator Neil Bluhm, submitted two separate bids - one for a casino and resort at McCormick Place and the other south of the Loop on vacant land between the South Loop…
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3 Firms Bid to Build a Casino-Resort in Chicago: Officials
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Are Slot Machines Legal in Chicago?

The gambling landscape in Illinois is interesting. The state is dotted with 10 riverboat casinos, 2 commercial casino proposals, and video gaming terminals (VLTs) in locally approved small business locations throughout the state. With the age of statutory gambling fluctuating (18 for bingo, lottery and Paris mutual gambling, 21 for poker rooms and…
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Rivers Casino in New York Reopens Poker Room Today

Rivers' poker room in Schenectady, New York was shut last year in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After staying shut for more than 17 months, the poker room reopens today with working hours 10 am to 2 am. New York poker fans are in for a treat, after the Rivers Casino in Schenectady, New York revealed on Monday that it reopens its poker room…
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New York’s Rivers Casino to Finally Reopen Poker Room

Rivers Casino in Schenectady, New York has decided to reopen its poker room for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. open from 10am to 2am starting Wednesday Closed for more than 17 months, the room represents the last part of the gambling venue yet to become operational following lockdowns in March 2020. It will open from 10am to…
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Rivers Casino Des Plaines Tops Off $87mn Expansion

Rivers Casino Des Plaines on Monday held a topping off ceremony for its previously announced $87 million two-story expansion that will see the addition of a poker room and more gaming positions at Illinois' winningest casino. Developers and casino executives attended the Monday ceremony to witness the placement of the final structural steel beam at…
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Rivers Casino Des Plaines Tops Off $87mn Expansion
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Rivers Casino reaches milestone in $87 million expansion project

The expansion of Rivers Casino Des Plaines reached a milestone Monday when local officials, members of the building trades and casino executives celebrated the placement of the final structural steel beam during a topping off ceremony. The $87 million, 78000-square-foot expansion will include a poker room, additional slots, an events ballroom and a…
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Casino license application extension for Chicago

The administration of Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot (pictured) has reportedly given firms potentially keen on operating the giant city's envisioned Las Vegas -style casino resort a further nine weeks to submit their official license applications. According to a Friday report from the Chicago Tribune newspaper, the move comes as the community of some…
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How to save the Chicago casino nobody seems to want to run

Big names in casino gambling - the likes of MGM Resorts International, Caesar's Entertainment, Penn National Gaming, Las Vegas Sands - aren't exactly lining up to roll the dice on the new casino long planned for Chicago. Strange, no? Chicago is a huge city with a hefty convention and tourist market and a love of gambling etched into its notorious…
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How to save the Chicago casino nobody seems to want to run
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Chicago Bears, BetRivers and Rivers Casino Announce Multi-Year Exclusive Partnership

Get inside Wall Street with StreetInsider Premium. Claim your 1-week free trial here. Hometown partnership marks Bears' first exclusive deal in Casino and Sportsbook categories CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Chicago Bears, Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (NYSE: RSI) ("RSI"), a Chicago-based gaming company that operates BetRivers.com, and Rivers…
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Seven Online Gambling Stories You Can Expect To See In 2021

It has, for most of us, been a very long year. And yet, here we are: Less than 48 hours from shouting "Happy New Year!" Also probably about five days from taking down our old calendars, eight from getting around to putting up new ones, and up to six months from the last time we accidentally date something "2020" and have to correct ourselves. For…
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