Bally's Corporation - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Bally’s Corporation is Medium Risk.

Bally’s Corporation is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. The company occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Lower Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	Lower Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	Medium Risk
Political Actions	Lower Risk

Corporate Governance and Public Policy ⓘ

Rating Criteria Detail

Criteria Risk Level Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria:

Has canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Bally’s Corporation has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1).

Criteria:

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Bally’s Corporation does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1)(2).

Criteria:

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

In 2025, a Bally’s casino in Chicago was sued by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. This came as a result of Bally’s decision to sell a 25% equity stake in its new resort, but only make it available to women and minorities (1)(2). Bally’s requires its employees to take diversity and non-discrimination training (3). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its hiring and leadership composition. From a Chicago News Weekly Article: “According to the HCA, minorities will occupy 60% of the jobs at the casino, and at least 45% of the workforce will be women” (4). Also, from its ESG page: “Bally’s is committed to maintaining a diverse make-up of our Board of Directors, including diversity of race, gender, ethnicity and experience” (5). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (6).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Bally’s supports DEI within its business practices, employing a DEI Executive (1). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its website: “Bally’s has created an ESG Steering Committee to oversee and provide executive sponsorship for our corporate ESG strategy, goals and initiatives” (2).

Criteria:

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Bally’s sponsors a yearly LGBTQIA+ Pride event in Rhode Island (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Bally’s using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (2).

Criteria:

Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Bally’s has not used its PAC donations or lobbying for ideological purposes (1)(2)(3).