NEW: Bally’s iGaming App is Now LIVE
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The new app will allow customers to play slots and table games anywhere in the State of Rhode Island on a desktop or on an iOS stand-alone mobile app.
According to Bally's, the public launch of the online gaming product follows a four-day technical trial period in which select guests were invited to experience the new online gaming program starting last Friday, March 1st.
Rhode Island will become the seventh state in the nation to offer an online casino experience, according to Craig Eaton, President of Bally’s Rhode Island Operations.
“We are pleased to launch this new gaming product which is borne out of our partnership with the General Assembly, Governor McKee and our regulators, the RI Department of Revenue, Division of Lottery, Department of Business Regulation and RI State Police to enhance state revenue and better position the State’s casinos in the competitive New England gaming market,” said Eaton.
“As with all gaming operations, the State will retain complete regulatory control of iGaming, with nearly 62 percent of the slot revenue and 15 percent of the table game revenue directed to the State," he added.
To register and play Rhode Island online gaming, customers must meet two requirements: they must be at least 21 years old and physically located within the state. Customers must create an online account by downloading the Bally Casino app or visiting Ballycasino.com.
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Bally’s partnered with Stakelogic, which it says is "a leading live table games supplier, to provide its Live Dealer/Table Games software and studio technology, as well as its operational excellence."
Approximately 170 slot games initially will be offered including many of the popular brick-and-mortar/retail casino games. The blackjack and roulette table games will feature a live dealer with whom online guests may ask questions of (via a chat tool) and may interact with other players as well.
Within the iGaming platform, participants can utilize Responsible Gaming tools to control their time and financial activity on the site:
Deposit Limits – Players may elect to set deposit limits on a daily, weekly, and/or monthly basis.
Session Limits – Players can set limits on the length of wagering sessions. Once a limit is reached, the player is logged out.
Spend/Wager Limits – Players can set daily, weekly, and monthly spending limits.
Cool Off/Time Out – A time period is configurable to support State regulations.
Standard configuration allows players to set a cool off period of 72-hours and up to 4 weeks.
Self-Exclusion – The platform has the framework to work with State regulators requirements to ensure player self-exclusion requests are adhered to.
Bally’s touted its "union workforce" in constructing a 4,000 square foot Live Dealer Table Games studio at its Lincoln, Rhode Island casino located on the second floor. When fully operational, Bally’s expects the iGaming program "will allow for the creation of 50 to 75 new jobs, both full and part-time positions."
Rhode Island will join New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia in offering iGaming. The program requires Bally’s to provide at least $50,000 in funding for problem gambling prevention and at least $200,000 to fund gambling treatment programs.
“This is a wonderful example of how the Legislature and the private sector can work together to develop initiatives that enhance state revenues, which in turn, benefit our taxpayers," said Rhode Island House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi "I congratulate Bally’s and its Rhode Island leadership team on its successful launch of this online gaming program as well as on their efforts to continuously seek ways to keep Rhode Island at the forefront in this competitive New England gaming market.”
