Bally’s pushes Medinah temporary casino opening to September

Anyone who took the over bet on when the Bally’s Chicago temporary casino at Medinah Temple would open is looking like a winner.

The target date, which has already been pushed back several months, is now slated for September, the company said during its second quarter earnings call Thursday.

“Obviously we’re a little delayed from what we communicated to you last time on opening,” Marcus Glover, Bally’s CFO, said during the call.

In June, Bally’s was granted preliminary approval by the Illinois Gaming Board — a precursor to final licensing — and immediately began installing more than 750 slot machines and 50 gaming tables at Medinah Temple. At the time, executives said they expected to have the roughly 1,000 gaming positions in place by the end of the month.

Bally’s executives were hoping to have the dice rolling at Medinah by August, pending a successful test run of gaming operations approved by the board.

“It’s done, all the machines are installed,” Bally’s…