Ohio making another play at legalizing sports betting
By JOHN SEEWER and MARK GILLISPIEMay 6, 2021 GMT
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) The latest proposal for legalizing sports betting in Ohio calls for bringing it to casinos, betting shops, sports bars, computers, mobile phones and maybe even pro sports stadiums.
After months of listening to ideas, Republican lawmakers in the state Senate rolled out a plan Thursday morning that would allow 40 sports betting licenses to be issued in the state for taking wagers on professional and college sports.
Half of those would be available to the state’s casinos and horse racing tracks called racinos, which could then partner with outside companies to provide sports betting online or mobile apps.
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WARREN Free of curfew restrictions and permitted to open poker rooms in mid-March, Ohio’s four casinos posted record revenue last month, according to the latest data from the Ohio Casino Control Commission.
Revenue in March eclipsed $91.6 million, about 35 percent more than revenue reported for February and nearly 200 percent more than March 2020, when casinos closed halfway through the month due to the outbreak.
Table revenue was $23.6 million, up 28 percent from February and slot revenue was $68 million, up 38 percent for the month.
In comparison, in the pandemic-shortened March 2020, table revenue was $9.8 million and slot, $20.9 million.
Multiple factors for the tremendous increases were likely in play March was the first full month casinos were not operating under a state-imposed curfew, limited capacity poker rooms reopened and other entertainment options such as movie theaters and concert venues either remain closed or are still operating at reduced cap
By 700 WLW News
Apr 7, 2021
(Columbus, OH) - The Ohio Casino Control Commission reports Ohio s four casinos set a record in March: $91 million in revenue, their highest monthly total ever.
Hollywood Columbus, which opened in 2012, set its own monthly record with nearly $25 million and led the state in revenue in March, followed by Hollywood Toledo, Jack in Cleveland, and then Hard Rock in Cincinnati.
Casinos had been closed during certain hours between mid-November and mid-February because of state health department restrictions.
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Ohio’s casinos, racinos crush revenue records with big March, free of overnight curfews and return of poker rooms
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JACK Thistledown Racino s new outdoor gaming area, which opened opened on March 31. It s designed to have an indoor feel while being partially open on three sides to permit smoking.Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio’s gambling industry posted its biggest month ever in March, amid the reopening of poker rooms for the first time in a year, elimination of overnight curfews related to the coronavirus and with stimulus money in the pockets of thousands of Ohioans.
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