Ohio News - Page 24

News Brief: Village officials of Put-In-Bay on South Bass Island are trying to draw back tourists with gambling events.

News Brief: The federally recognized Shawnee tribe has given its support to the Eastern Shawnee tribe of Oklahoma in its effort to open casinos in Ohio.

ews Brief: A Shawnee Indian tribe's proposal to open up to seven casinos in Ohio might go before Governor Bob Taft's staff as early as this month.

News Brief: Ohio's lawmakers aren't yet betting on slot machines to solve Ohio's fiscal problems. In fact, the future of gambling in the state is presently stalled before the Ohio General Assembly.

News Brief: Paul Smith says he ran a gambling ring so his children could learn Catholic moral values.

News Brief: Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken has called on Ohio's governor and state legislators to put a state constitutional amendment on the ballot to allow casino gambling in big cities.

News Brief: The most common problem for people who call the Ohio Lottery’s problem-gambling hot line isn’t betting on the lottery, it’s video slots.

News Brief: Using a procedural maneuver, three Democratic women who helped to defeat the mini casinos last week asked the Ohio House to reconsider the vote.

ews Brief: Ohio horse racing industry officials will not try to put a slot machines proposal before voters in November after a defeat in the House late Wednesday.

News Brief: The Ohio House and Senate agreed on a compromise bingo bill Wednesday designed to give smaller clubs more gambling profits to cover their operating costs.

News Brief: Thousands of northeast Ohio residents travel to Detroit every month looking for casino action.

News Brief: Some Ohio officials are worried about the trickle-down if there would ever be an tribal casino built in the community.

News Brief: Governor Bob Taft says he continues to oppose any video gambling plan, including a bill that would fund education with electronic slot machine revenues.

News Brief: University of Cincinnati researchers say selling Ohio Lottery tickets over the Internet could add $1.18 billion in lottery sales over five years.

News Brief: The Ohio Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association and Beulah Park have struck a deal on revenue splits for account wagering.

News Brief: Putnam County voters rejected a proposal for a off-track betting site.

News Brief: Ohio’s horse industry leaders face a deadline today on deciding whether they can support a proposal that could bring legalized gambling to racetracks but would also include off-track casinos.

News Brief: Some Ohio charities beleive that the return they saw from Rittman's Michael Moneypenny, a travelling casino, was too low considering the success of the events.

News Brief: Pete Rose say that he never made his baseball bets from the clubhouse, but one of his former bookmakers, Ron Peters, said Rose made bets from the clubhouse and the dugout.

News Brief: Even though Pete Rose named them as his bookies, the allegations are from so long ago that gambling charges likely can't be brought against them.