Ohio sports teams, grocers, and bowling alley owners not happy with proposed sportsbook bill

Ohio sports teams, grocers, and bowling alley owners not happy with proposed sportsbook bill

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  • Jeff Edelstein, Sports Handle
May 20, 2021 6:10 PM
  • Jeff Edelstein, Sports Handle

Ohio’s grocery store owners are not happy. Neither are the bowling alley owners. And lottery operators aren’t exactly humming a happy tune either.

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Spokespeople for all three organizations spoke in front of the Ohio Select Committee on Gaming Wednesday afternoon, complaining that the sports betting bill, as crafted, is a rotten egg. Or a 7-10 split. Or a misread scratch-off (lottery metaphors are objectively difficult to conjure up).

David Corey, the executive vice president of the Ohio Bowling Centers Association, was borderline livid when describing what he sees as the “unworkable” portion of the bill that deals with the Ohio Lottery and the betting “pools” the bill proposes.