Statehouse News<\/i><\/a> that all parties in the gaming industry were included.\u00a0Seitz also told the news site that the goal is to launch sports betting no later than Jan. 1, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n“We want to be sure to give the Casino Control Commission adequate time to do all of the vetting that they are charged with doing under this bill, and we want to make sure also that everyone starts at the same starting point,\u201d he told Statehouse News<\/i>. \u201cWe’re not going to have some people get to market quicker than other people. That’s not fair. We’re all going to start at the same starting point.”<\/p>\n
Schuring told the Canton radio station that one of the main reasons why the legislation has taken so long to get to this point has been negotiations with “intensely competitive” stakeholders in the gaming market. He said it was like trying to reach an agreement with the Ohio State Buckeyes, the Michigan Wolverines, the Boston Red Sox, and the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n
Some Still Prefer Lottery Control<\/h2>\n
This isn\u2019t the first time state lawmakers have tried to pass a sports betting bill. Last year, separate bills emerged in both chambers. The House passed a version granting the Lottery Commission authority over sports betting. But that bill never got a hearing in the Senate.<\/p>\n
In addition, the Senate\u2019s own bill never progressed either before the session ended. And when that happened, it required new bills to be submitted for the two-year session that started earlier this year.<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile it appears there\u2019s now consensus, not everyone agrees with the direction things appear to be headed.<\/p>\n
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Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, who is running to be the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in next year\u2019s election, believes that sports betting in the state should be ubiquitous, according to a statement on his campaign\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>. That means the lottery should control sports betting, which would generate more money for Ohio\u2019s schools.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cOhio has more than 10k small businesses that already sell Lottery products. These businesses are scattered all over the state and are still suffering from the pandemic. Letting them share in the sports betting bounty would help all regions of Ohio,\u201d Cranley said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stop me if you\u2019ve heard this before, but we may be nearing a deal on sports betting in Ohio. The state House of Representatives Conference Committee has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday morning to hold a hearing and possibly vote on House Bill 29. The agenda also mentions possible amendments to the bill. HB29 is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":194447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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