The retail sportsbooks must be located in a county with a minimum population of 100,000. Counties with more than 400,000 people can have up to three brick-and-mortar facilities. The state\u2019s three counties with at least 800,000 people \u2013 Cuyahoga, Franklin, and Hamilton \u2013 can have up to five.<\/p>\n
Besides casinos, major professional sports teams can partner with sports betting operators for a retail sportsbook and an online application. That also includes the Muirfield Village Golf Club, which hosts the PGA Tour\u2019s The Memorial Tournament each year.<\/p>\n
The sports betting bill also had provisions for fraternal organizations to install e-bingo machines at their facilities. However, that provision ended up making it into the budget bill that DeWine signed in July.<\/p>\n
Schuring also provided an updated time line on when licenses for sports betting operators could be approved.<\/p>\n
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In June, supporters were hopeful that the Ohio Casino Control Commission would be able to issue licenses by April 1. The Senate Republican floor leader told the radio station this week that is now more likely to happen around the end of April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The main reason for that is that in Ohio, laws do not take effect until 90 days after they\u2019ve been signed by the governor. So a bill signed in November would not officially take effect until February, and at that time, the state could start implementing regulations pertaining to sports betting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we’ve done in our recommendations, the Senate recommendations, we are saying that the start date for the applications to be submitted would be on Feb. 15, and then that first round of applications approved or disapproved no later than April 30,\u201d Schuring said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the principal lawmakers behind the push to legalize sports betting in Ohio is optimistic about its chances. He said earlier this week that a conference committee could begin meeting as early as next week to hammer out a final bill that would go to Gov. Mike DeWine. Senate Majority Leader Kirk Schuring, R-Canton, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":190202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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