Bally's Twin River Lincoln
Bally's Twin River Lincoln runs one of the biggest floors in New England -- over 160,000 square feet and roughly 3,800 slots and VLTs, on a site that's been taking bets since it was a horse track in 1947.
Bally's Twin River Lincoln runs one of the largest casino floors in New England: more than 160,000 square feet holding roughly 3,800 slots and video lottery terminals, plus a full table-games and poker operation, on a site that's been taking bets in one form or another since 1947. It's not a Strip-style resort casino -- the roots here are a horse track turned greyhound track turned slots parlor turned full casino, and unlike a purpose-built Vegas property, this one grew into its current form in stages over nearly eight decades. That layered history shows up in the layout as much as it does in the marketing, with old and new gaming areas sitting side by side rather than one uniform design running through the whole building. Here's what's actually on the floor, what the room feels like, and what to know before you go.
Slot Machines and Table Games
The named games confirmed on the floor lean on familiar link and licensed titles: Wheel of Fortune and Jumanji sit alongside the Aristocrat-style link family of Buffalo Link, Ultimate Fire Link, Dragon Link, and Lightning Link -- the same style of hold-and-spin bonus games that anchor slot floors at much larger casinos, just on a regional scale here. Betting on the slots runs from 1 cent up to $100, and there's a dedicated High Limit Slot Zone with progressive jackpots for players who want to play above the penny and nickel machines that make up most of the main floor. Table games are broad for a regional property -- a 23-table poker room anchors the mix, backed by blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, Spanish 21, Three Card Poker, Let It Ride, and Pai Gow Poker, giving visitors more table variety than a lot of other New England casinos of similar size offer in one building.
Smoking Split, Poker Room, and Atmosphere
The casino runs a two-track smoking setup that's worth understanding before you pick where to sit. A second nonsmoking gaming area opened just inside the resort's valet entrance on the first floor, adding 22 live-dealer table games, roughly 550 video lottery terminals, and the Blackstone Bar -- it joins an earlier second-floor nonsmoking area that carries 845 slots and about two dozen table games of its own, meaning nonsmoking players now have two separate zones to choose from rather than one. The main casino floor, by contrast, is a large open room with dining options around its perimeter and smoking allowed throughout, so anyone sensitive to smoke will want to head straight for one of the two dedicated nonsmoking areas rather than the main room. The 30-table poker room sits inside the second-floor nonsmoking zone; one review described the tables as new, with purple felts, padded rails, cupholders, USB chargers, and auto-shufflers, calling the room 'reasonably attractive and comfortable' despite being open to the rest of the casino floor rather than walled off as its own space. That same review found the dealers skilled but reserved -- 'not the most talkative or engaging' -- and the player crowd skewing older, serious, and fairly low-key rather than chatty, which is worth knowing if you're expecting the livelier, more social table atmosphere you might find at a bigger resort casino.
History and Location
The property traces back to July 7, 1947, when it opened as Lincoln Downs, a horse-racing track built by B.A. Dario. After losing $400,000 in 28 days to competition from Connecticut betting venues, Dario sold his controlling interest in 1976, and the track was renamed Lincoln Greyhound Park, running its first greyhound season in June 1977 -- a sign of how quickly the racing side of the business had to adapt to survive. Gaming expanded well beyond racing in 1992, when Rhode Island authorized video lottery terminals at the site -- it came online that September with 189 machines and grew to 900 within a year, prompting a rename to Lincoln Park as the property's identity shifted from a racetrack that happened to have some gaming toward a gaming venue that still ran races. The modern casino era began in 2005, when BLB Investors bought the facility for $455 million; a $220 million expansion followed, and the property reopened in March 2007 as Twin River Casino with full casino-style gaming for the first time. A 136-room hotel was added in October 2018, turning what had been a gaming-only property into a full overnight destination, and the property took its current name, Bally's Twin River Lincoln, in November 2021 as part of the parent company's broader corporate rebrand across its properties nationwide.
What to Know Before You Play
If secondhand smoke is a concern, know before you go that the main floor allows smoking and the two nonsmoking areas -- one on the second floor, one newer one near the valet entrance -- are physically separate spaces you'll need to seek out rather than a section you'll stumble into by accident. The floor holds over 3,800 slots and VLTs across more than 160,000 square feet, so it's worth a short walk to scope out the High Limit Slot Zone and the poker room before settling in, especially since the property's gradual, decades-long expansion means the layout isn't laid out as a single clean grid the way a purpose-built resort casino might be. Poker players in particular should expect a quieter, more serious room than a Strip casino -- dealers here are skilled but not especially chatty, and the crowd trends older and low-key rather than social. And if you're standing in front of a machine or table you don't recognize and want a quick read on it, photographing it and asking 6-lab's Advisor beats guessing.
Notable games on the floor
Good to know
- The resort features a gaming space of over 160,000 square feet with over 3,800 slot machines and VLTs.
- The property was originally opened as the Lincoln Downs racetrack in 1947 and later transitioned into a casino resort.
- Table games include a 23-table poker room along with blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, Spanish 21, Three Card Poker, Let It Ride, and Pai Gow Poker.
- Slot betting ranges from 1 cent to $100, with a High Limit Slot Zone and progressive jackpots on the floor.
- A second nonsmoking gaming area opened just inside the resort's valet entrance on the first floor, with 22 live-dealer table games, about 550 video lottery terminals, and the Blackstone Bar; it joins an earlier second-floor nonsmoking area with 845 slots and roughly two dozen table games.
- The main casino floor is a large open room with dining options around the perimeter and allows smoking; the 30-table poker room sits in the second-floor non-smoking area, with new tables, purple felts, padded rails, cupholders, USB chargers, and auto-shufflers.
- One poker-room review described dealers as skilled but reserved -- 'not the most talkative or engaging' -- and the player crowd as skewing older, serious, and fairly low-key.
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