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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001935799-26-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001935799"
company_name: "Bally's Chicago, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-04T20:26:46+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T20:59:20.781963+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bally's Chicago appoints Cheryl Ash as CFO and SVP Finance, North America

## Summary
- Annual base salary of $350,000 with target bonus of 75% of base salary.
- Employment term effective May 29, 2026 through December 31, 2029, with auto-renewal.
- Reports to CFO Mira Mircheva; eligible for future equity grants at Compensation Committee's discretion.
- Severance provision: 12 months base salary continuation on termination without cause or after change-in-control.
- Ms. Ash replaces prior CFO? No successor announced; she is newly appointed to this role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001935799-26-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001935799
- company_name: Bally's Chicago, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-04T20:26:46+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1935799/000193579926000012/0001935799-26-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1935799/000193579926000012/baly-20260529.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cheryl Ash was appointed as Senior Vice President, Finance and North America, as well as the Chief Financial Officer of Bally’s Chicago at Bally's Chicago, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Finance and North America, as well as the Chief Financial Officer of Bally’s Chicago
  source text: On May 29, 2026, Bally’s Management Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Bally’s Corporation, entered into an employment agreement with Cheryl Ash, as its Senior Vice President, Finance and North America, as well as the Chief Financial Officer of Bally’s Chicago.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1935799/000193579926000012/0001935799-26-000012-index.htm

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