Ohio News - Page 17

On Thursday, August 14, the Ohio Ballot Board approved the language for Issue #6, which will allow Ohio voters on November 4th, an opportunity to legalize the first resort/casino in Ohio.

News Brief: A Quinnipiac University survey released shows a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow a casino for southwestern Ohio holds a 15-point lead.

MyOhioNow.com will make an announcement regarding the submission of signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State that will place an initiative on the November 4th ballot for a casino/resort in Ohio.

News Brief: A Cleveland-area group pushing a plan to develop Ohio's first gambling casino says it has enough signatures to put the Clinton County proposal on the November ballot.

News Brief: The distributor of a gaming machine whose proliferation led to a recent gambling crackdown in Ohio filed a lawsuit to find the former attorney general in contempt of court for seizing machines and company bank accounts.

The Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council has formally voted to back the My Ohio Now Resort and Casino Initiative which will be on the statewide ballot this Fall.

Texas Hold 'Em players can win a $10,000 seat in the 2008 World Series of Poker at a special Team Cleveland poker tournament to be held Saturday and Sunday, June 14th-15th at a Nautica Charity Poker Festival.

News Brief: Ross County's annual budget could receive a boost of more than $1 million if a casino were located in Ohio, casino supporter Jodi Black, of MyOhioNow.com, told commissioners Monday.

News Brief: Backers of the latest attempt to bring a casino to Ohio are trying a new marketing approach.

The 2008 Nautica Charity Poker Festivals will begin this Thursday in a new, 12,000 sq. ft. facility located inside The Powerhouse at the Nautica Entertainment Complex.

Winnersedgeinfo.com has launched an experiment to prove that statistics can predict lottery jackpots.

The 2008 Nautica Charity Poker Festivals will move from a 20,800 sq. ft. tent operated on a seasonal basis to a year-round location inside The Powerhouse at the Nautica Entertainment Complex.

News Brief: A recent ruling by The U.S. Department of Interior not to accept land into a trust for a casino could prove a crushing blow to a tribe planning to take the same route in Monroe, Ohio.

With wagering at Ohio horse race tracks reaching a historic low, state industry leaders are highlighting the convergence of factors that continue to prevent racing from level competition with states with expanded gambling.

News Brief: An update to a highly debated gaming ordinance was pulled from the Newton Falls, Ohio, council agenda on Tuesday and will be brought for a vote later this month.

News Brief: Beulah Park and Scioto Downs are giving another go to a split schedule aimed at keeping the horse tracks afloat in the state's struggling racing industry.

News Brief: Monroe City Council and its administrators are trying to determine what the Eastern Shawnee Tribe has to do to locate a casino in the community.

News Brief: Monroe City Council has postponed action on an agreement to allow the Eastern Shawnee Tribe to change locations of a proposed casino in Ohio.

Kentucky stands to be the last state bordering Ohio to add expanded gambling, at horse race tracks and other locations, following the Tuesday victory of gubernatorial candidate Steve Beshear.

News Brief: Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has signed a bill into law that cracks down on skill-based games at the heart of a tug of war between state officials and gambling proponents.