In July, MGM Properties purchased Hard Rock Rocksino, Ohio’s top gambling revenue generator, for $1 billion. Up until now, the Rocksino team stayed on to operate the facility. But beginning sometime in 2019 MGM Resorts will take over operation of the facility and employment of the workers. No word on if there ... Read More
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Oct2018
It has been rumored that Dan Gilbert, founder of Jack Entertainment, is looking to get out of the casino business. Jack Entertainment owns the Jack Cleveland and Jack Cincinnati casinos in Ohio, as well as the Jack Thistledown racino. They also operate the Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, have an ownership ... Read More
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Sep2018
Ohio Senate President Larry Obhof doesn’t believe that sports betting will become legal in Ohio in 2018. He has indicated that SB 316 and HB 714, placeholder bills for legalized sports gambling, will not go to committee until after the November elections. Obhof is also not so sure the legislature ... Read More
10
Sep2018
The Ohio Casino Control Commission and the Ohio Department of Taxation Investigations Division worked with 25 agencies across northern Ohio to “determine the nature and extent of criminal activity.” Search and seizure warrants were executed in Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain, Ottawa, Summit and Stark counties. It’s unclear if any arrests were ... Read More
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Sep2018
Ohio’s four casinos generated $69.7 million in July, down slightly from last year’s July total of $69.9 million.
Hollywood Columbus led the way. $19.4 million in revenues was 4% higher than a year ago. Jack Cincinnati checked in with revenues of $17.1 million, a 3% increase. Hollywood Toledo’s $17.2 million was ... Read More
08
Aug2018
Senate Bill 316 has been introduced by Senators John Eklund and Sean O’Brien. The bill offers no detail on the whats or wheres, it simply states that this is a bill “to express the intent of the General Assembly to develop and enact legislation legalizing sports wagering.”
Feedback from interested parties will ... Read More
02
Aug2018
Federal law enforcement and the Ohio Casino Control Commission executed an undisclosed number of search warrants in Stark County. Their focus was on skill game parlors, as July 22nd was the deadline for registering all key employees, operators, vendors and locations of type B and C skill games with the OCCC. Type-B games ... Read More
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Jul2018
For the fiscal year that just ended in June, Ohio’s seven racinos generated $987 million in revenue, a 6.1% increase over last year. Since 2015, racino revenue has grown each year, from $733 million in 2015 to $869 million in 2016 to last year’s $923 million.
Hard Rock Rocksino has been the ... Read More
09
Jul2018
The United States Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, passed in 1992, that prohibited states from legalizing sports betting. Prior to this ruling only 4 states had some form of sports gambling, although Nevada was the only state where full-on sports gambling was legal. ... Read More
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Jul2018
The Ohio legislature has legalized fantasy sports contests. The Ohio Casino Control Commission will license, regulate, investigate and penalize the fantasy contests. Office pools, fantasy leagues played through websites such as Yahoo and ESPN, and other sports pools such as the NCAA basketball tourney, where all monies collected are paid ... Read More