However, The House Finance Committee Tuesday held a hearing on a bill introduced by Rep. Can you smoke?ĭespite calls from some Twin River employees to get rid of the casino exemption from state laws against smoking in indoor public spaces, the new first floor space at Twin River will allow smoking. The 40,000-square-foot addition Bally's executives gathered in with state leaders to celebrate Tuesday adds 355 slot machines, 57 table games and 27 new 'stadium style' games to the casino. The partnership provided Twin River, now Bally's, a share of revenue from providing video slot machines in addition to just running casinos.īut beyond that, Bally's executives hope refreshing Twin River will keep it competitive with new casinos and expanded gambling in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The expansion plans emerged with the January 2020 agreement between then-Twin River and IGT that paved the way for the General Assembly to approve a 20-year contract extension for IGT to be Rhode Island's exclusive gambling technology provider. Tony Rohrer, Bally's regional vice president and general manager, with a lion dancer at Twin River.
