Chicago is actively pursuing the possibility of installing slot machines at O’Hare and Midway Airports — and Bally’s has identified a site for those machines at Midway, a top mayoral aide disclosed Tuesday.
Chief Financial Officer Jill Jaworski made that surprise announcement during the first day of City Council hearings on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $16.6 billion budget.
“We’ve had a conversation with Bally’s about moving that forward. … We have been in conversation with them about investigating that. They have expressed interest,” Jaworski said. “There are some technical challenges that we have to deal with — ensuring that we’re complying with all the regulations that are at the airports.”
