Bally’s hit the “under” on former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s revenue estimate for the opening months of the city’s first casino — and Chicago gamblers will need to start losing a lot more for Mayor Brandon Johnson to hit the “over” on his office’s 2024 budget card.
Bally’s temporary casino at Medinah Temple turned a profit of nearly $30.4 million from its opening in mid-September through the end of December, with about $3.1 million of that going to the city, according to Illinois Gaming Board records released this week.
