Ohio Online Betting
Ohio borders two states that offer sports betting. Both Pennsylvania and West Virginia are available to the east. For the time being, the Mountaineer Hotel Casino & Resort is probably the best option for Ohio.
Ohio currently has two sports betting bills attempting to work their way through the state legislature. However, there has been little in the way of movement on the bills since they were introduced in March and April 2019. Only one has even been referred to committee yet.
- Legal Online Gambling For Ohio Residents The legislature has really been slacking when it comes to legal online gambling options in Ohio, and players have yet to actually benefit because of it.
- The House approved HB194 to have sports betting controlled by the Ohio Lottery Commission and have tax proceeds towards education. The bill would legalize online mobile sports betting as well as.
- Almost all of the Ohio sports betting sites online allow you to place wagers on major sports including the MLB, NFL, NHL, and UFC. Some are known to offer more betting options than others.
The bills under consideration:
- HB194 is the more robust of the two bills and the one that has moved beyond introduction. It is a bill to legalize, regulate and tax sports wagering businesses.
- The bill, a product of Rep. Dave Greenspan, would place the Lottery Commission as the controlling body.
- Greenspan envisions sports betting occurring at normal locations, but also veterans’ and fraternal organizations.
- The bill is designed to create sports betting as more of a kiosk-based lottery function.
- SB111 has been introduced, but no other action has taken place since March 2019.
- The bill is the work of Sen. John Eklund.
- Sports betting would only be permitted at the 11 casinos or racinos.
- In this bill, the Ohio Casino Control Commission would be the regulatory body.
What still needs to happen?
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Legislators need to come to an agreement about which bill and which avenue they plan to pursue. Right now, everything is in a holding pattern, and these two bills recommend very different approaches.
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Projected sports betting launch date in Ohio
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We’re targeting June 2020. The current legislative session doesn’t conclude until the Summer of 2019. It’s possible that things will come together during that time. However, given some of the disagreements going on (integrity fees, official data, and the like), it might take Ohio a bit longer to sort everything out.