Marc Crisafulli: 20 Who Made a Difference in 2020

The coronavirus pandemic presented a myriad of challenges for businesses throughout the country -- and the gaming industry was no exception.

During a challenging year, Marc Crisafulli, now Executive Vice president of Bally’s Corporation and president of its Rhode Island casinos, managed to move Twin River Casinos forward. 

First, in January, then-Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc. and IGT announced a proposal in which they plan to form a new joint venture to work with the State of Rhode Island moving forward, after a tumultuous 2019 for the gaming titans, who were pitted against each other as the state looked at a new gaming contract extension. 

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Then, Crisafulli transformed the Rhode Island home-grown brand into a national powerhouse. No company in Rhode Island has gone on a buying spree like Twin River, now rebranded Bally’s.

While many in the gaming industry has been damaged by the coronavirus, Bally’s stock has now more than doubled in the past 12 months.

In November, the company announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire Bet.Works, a U.S.-based sports betting platform provider to operators in New Jersey, Iowa, Indiana and Colorado, for $125 million in cash and stock.

With the acquisition, Bally’s asserts it will become the premier, full-service, vertically integrated sports betting and iGaming company with physical casinos and online gaming solutions united under a single, preeminent brand.

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