Tag: Rush Street Gaming

Rush Street Gaming and Bally’s each presented two proposals, while Hard Rock International put forward a single project. Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot said she aims to send a final list of recommendations to the Illinois Gaming Board in Q1 2022.

With industry commentators raising concerns about the high bar represented by the $1bn potential investment combined with the city’s tax rate, MGM and Wynn Resorts have already opted to pass on Chicago’s request for proposals process.

Chicago’s mayor Lori Lightfoot is optimistic that a number of the participants in its request for proposal process for a casino resort in city “will have Las Vegas addresses”.

One of Pennsylvania’s largest gaming properties, the SugarHouse Casino, has appointed a new general manager. Cheryl Duhon has joined the commercial operator after previously serving as a vice president of Resorts Casino Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi. Prior to joining Resorts executive leadership team in Tunica Duhon was a financial analyst and, later, director of marketing at Riverwalk Casino Hotel in...

Tri-state titans, New York and New Jersey experienced contrasting periods of casino prosperity in February. Whilst The Big Apple marked encouraging wins, the Garden State saw a continued desertion of land-based operations for online gambling.   Results show that New York’s three commercial properties have generated the total amount of $39.6m in gross gaming revenue in the period between 4 December...

Leading developer and operator selects Konami’s Synkros casino management system for its newest casino resort.   Konami Gaming, announced that its award-winning Synkros gaming enterprise management system has been selected by Rush Street Gaming for the new Rivers Casino and Resort Schenectady, a $330m riverfront entertainment destination outside of Albany, New York. Rivers Casino and Resort Schenectady will open its doors in...