The Ohio Lottery Commission has handed out the state\u2019s first VLT operator\u2019s license to Scioto Downs. The racino will open in two phases. Phase 1 is set to open June 1. There will be 1,800 VLT machines, a caf\u00e9 and a bar and lounge. Later this year, phase 2 will open, which will include an additional 325 VLT machines and a 300-seat buffet. The racino will be open 24\/7 365 days a year. It is expected to generate more than $10 million a month in revenues, of which a third will go to the state. Ohio Lottery regulations require the VLTs to pay out a minimum of 85% of the take from customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Ohio Lottery Commission has handed out the state\u2019s first VLT operator\u2019s license to Scioto Downs. The racino will open in two phases. Phase 1 is set to open June 1. There will be 1,800 VLT machines, a caf\u00e9 and a bar and lounge. Later this year, phase 2 will open, which will include an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[25,20,27,28],"class_list":["post-1518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lottery","tag-horse-racing","tag-lottery-2","tag-racino","tag-vlt"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p87ey3-ou","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiogaming.keglerbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiogaming.keglerbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiogaming.keglerbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiogaming.keglerbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiogaming.keglerbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ohiogaming.keglerbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1519,"href":"https:\/\/ohiogaming.keglerbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518\/revisions\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiogaming.keglerbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiogaming.keglerbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiogaming.keglerbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}