The Ohio Lottery Commission will hold a public hearing in Cleveland on August 20th on the 26 proposed rules for the potential installation of video lottery terminals at Ohio’s horse racing tracks. The Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review will hear the rules on September 13. The state has yet to file its request for a declaratory judgment about the constitutionality of slots at the tracks.

In other news, ground was broken Thursday on the casino in Toledo. The Hollywood Casino-Toledo, similar to the one that will be constructed on the west side of Columbus, is expected to open in the first half of 2012. It will have 2,000 slot machines, 60 table games, a 20-table poker room and is expected to employ approximately 1,200 people with at least 90% of the permanent jobs designated for Toledo area residents.