Voters will decide on an alternate site for the Columbus casino. The first hurdle toward moving the casino site from the Arena District to the former Delphi Plant was cleared when the Ohio House voted to place the issue on the May 4 ballot. An attempt to include an amendment that would allow voters to vote on opening a casino in Youngstown was defeated.

A move to put video lottery terminals at Ohio’s horse racing tracks suffered a setback. Petitioners failed to obtain the required 241,366 valid signatures. Organizers will now have 10 days to gather the remaining 27,065 signatures required.