When I told the security guard this was my first visit, he directed me to a desk where I was issued a card - a Bally’s Rewards card, with “Pro” emblazoned in the corner. That plan lasted until I walked in the door. I initially thought: $100 but then dialed it back to $50. Besides, a gambler should never bet anything he isn’t prepared to lose. While I have in the past stuck the newspaper with a variety of vices in the name of research, from a $200 bottle of champagne at the Ritz-Carlton bar, to table dances and tips to strippers at Thee Doll House on Kingsbury, something told me that Chicago Public Media might look askance at financing my casino spree. I’d pondered how much to gamble and, more importantly, whether I could expense my losses. Stepping into the Medinah Temple had none of the existential sorrow of Vegas casinos. Now that one’s actually open, a visit seemed in order. Despite lack of interest in gambling, personally, I closely followed the opening of Bally’s temporary casino at the Medinah Temple, having tracked the decadeslong chase after the will-o-the-wisp of a Chicago gambling den.
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