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Ohio Sports Betting Bill Will Be Dropping On Thursday, According To The Bill’s Sponsor

Bill sponsor Sen. Kirk Schuring plans a press conference to announce it

Jeff Edelstein by Jeff Edelstein
May 3, 2021
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Ohio, the time has come.

Speaking on 1450 WHBC Monday morning, state Sen. Kirk Schuring told host Pam Cook that Thursday will be the day the long-awaited Ohio sports betting bill will be introduced.

β€œI’m working very diligently on that, conferring with [Senate Majority Leader] Matt Huffman,” Schuring said. β€œIt’s right now 250 pages, and I’ll be working on it again today, making some edits.”

The bill — the next phase in a three-year effort to add Ohio to the ranks of the legalized — will be not-quite-ready for primetime when it’s unveiled at a press conference Thursday.

β€œAnd when we introduce it, we’re not saying it’s perfect, we’re saying, β€˜OK, let’s have hearings, let’s have the interested parties come in,’” Schuring said. β€œWe want to make sure that it’s at least written correctly. And that’s what I’m working on today.”

Schuring did not indicate which direction the bill is headed, as backroom deals were undoubtedly struck in an effort to get this bill to the light. The main sticking point this time around was the same main sticking point last year: Will the Ohio Lottery or the Ohio Casino Commission be in charge of the operation?

Adjacent to that discussion is whether pro sports teams will receive a β€œskin”; if bars, restaurants, bowling alleys and the like will have the ability to get into the mix and in what capacity; if the pro leagues will gain a monopoly on league data; and how many operators will be allowed to compete in the space.

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Lottery or casino?

But by far the biggest battle is between factions that want the lottery to handle the action and those who wish to see the casino commission take the reigns.

β€œOhio has the opportunity to get it right and the way to get it right is to allow the sports teams to have fair market access, to have healthy competition, to limit the number of licenses, and to give fans the opportunities to engage with their favorite teams,” Curt Steiner, the spokesperson for the Ohio Professional Sports Coalition, told the Statehouse News Bureau a few weeks back. Indeed the pro sports leagues are 100% on #teamcasino.

On the other end of the spectrum? Groups such as the Ohio Fair Gaming Coalition.

β€œWe’re very interested in making sure [sports betting] can happen from everywhere,” Greg Beswick, a spokesman for the group, told the Ohio Capital Journal.

One thing is clear, however: Gov. Mike DeWine wants to see Ohio get sports betting.

β€œSports gaming is already in Ohio, Ohio is just not regulating it,” he said at a March 1 press conference. β€œThis is something that I think is inevitable and it’s coming to Ohio. The members of the general assembly are working that process, and I will have the opportunity to see what they come up with and the opportunity to weigh in at the appropriate time, but sports gaming is certainly coming to Ohio.”

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Jeff Edelstein

Jeff is a veteran journalist, working as a columnist for The Trentonian newspaper in Trenton, NJ for a number of years. He's also an avid sports bettor and DFS player. He can be reached at [email protected].

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