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News brief: Dueling gambling plans in the Ohio Legislature are bothering state Republicans.

News brief: There are petitions to get casinos on a ballot and the governor has backed a slots proposal.

News brief: Senate President Bill Harris says that Gov. Ted Strickland should not try to put slots into the state budget.

News brief: Gov. Ted Strickland wants to add 15,250 slot machines at the state's seven horse racetracks.

News brief: A large crowd of supporters rallied at the Statehouse for a plan that would allow slot machines at Ohio's seven racetracks.

News brief: Voters in Ohio will likely vote on expanded gambling in the state, which could seriously affect business in Michigan.

News brief: Supports of a proposal to have casinos in Ohio's four largest cities can begin collecting signatures for a petition.

News brief: Three separate proposals in Ohio call for some sort of expanded gambling in the state.

News brief: Ohio's horse racing authority is pushing state lawmakers to allow slot machines at Ohio's seven tracks, without having to go to the ballot.

News brief: The state's racing commission sent lawmakers a proposal today to allow 14,000 video slot machines at the seven racetracks across the state.

News brief: Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is pushing a proposal that would put casinos in Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus and Cincinnati.

News brief: An Ohio man is accused of being the mastermind of a gambling organization that ran events on behalf of charities and pocketed most of the money raised.

News brief: Gov. Ted Strickland says he doesn't anticipate there will be funds from expanded casino gaming or lottery proceeds in his biennial budget.

News brief: Voters in the state have voted against gambling twice in four years, but proponents are hoping a $7 billion budget deficit could help their cause.

News brief: There is a growing national trend of women becoming addicted to gambling.

News brief: Gambling ballot issues have failed in the state four times since 1990, including one this year.

News brief: Proposal would have built a casino in Clinton County and brought 10,000 new jobs and $211 million a year to the state.

Amid collapsing credit markets and sinking stock prices, gaming industry leaders are looking for any piece of positive news.

Ohio Secretary of State has certified that Issue Six, a referendum to permit one casino in Ohio, will be on the November 4, 2008 statewide ballot.

News Brief: Language on the gambling ballot initiative for a casino in Clinton County contains loopholes that could wipe out its proposed tax benefits and lead to more casinos in the state, opponents of the measure said Friday.