Location: Rhode Island
Casino smoking ban advances in busy day at Rhode Island legislature
Rhode Island lawmakers voted to clear the smoke from Bally’s casinos, raise the minimum wage and preserve health center revenue from... more
Bill to end smoking at Rhode Island casinos headed to Senate floor
A Rhode Island Senate panel needed only 30 minutes Tuesday to unanimously endorse a bill that would end the exemption to the state’s indoor... more
Potential compromise in Rhode Island could ban casino smoking in 2027
Early 2027 could be when Rhode Island’s two casinos finally go smoke free under a compromise brokered by the Senate’s new majority leader.... more
Rhode Island Senate votes to open sports betting to competing operators
Rhode Island lawmakers are debating whether to scrap the state’s unique sports betting system and open it up to competition from the... more
Expanding sports betting, cracking down on underage gambling in play in final stretch of Rhode Island session
The Rhode Island Senate is poised to vote on a pair of bills that would open the state’s sports betting industry to new vendors and impose... more
Rhode Island casino revenue down 3.5% year-over-year in April
Rhode Island’s two land-based casinos, Bally’s Tiverton and Bally’s Twin River, reported a combined figure of $52 million in April, a 3.5%... more
Fearing smoking ban, Bally’s seeks more marketing dollars from Rhode Island
Rhode Island state regulators are opposing a proposal from Bally’s they say would see the state fork over millions more a year to the... more
Casino workers mobilize at Rhode Island legislature over smoking bill
“NO MORE SMOKE! NO MORE SMOKE!” That was the chant from about 150 casino workers who packed the steps inside the State House Tuesday —... more
Rhode Island lawmaker urges support for breaking sportsbook monopoly
One day after FanDuel testified in support of a Rhode Island Senate bill that would end the the state’s sports betting monopoly and open... more
With new Senate leadership, advocates say time has come to end smoking in Rhode Island casinos
Advocates viewed the late Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio as the main reason that smoking is still allowed in Rhode Island’s casinos.... more

