Gambling Foes Lining Up
The major party candidates for Ohio governor agree on one thing: Neither one wants expanded gambling. Friday, Democrat Ted Strickland, in an interview with The Enquirer, and Republican Ken Blackwell, through a spokesman, said the Buckeye State should not join neighboring states and legalize slot machines at casinos or horse tracks. Their comments come in the wake of a proposal this week to build a 300-room hotel with up to 3,500 slot machines at Cincinnati's Broadway Commons, at Broadway and Reading Road.
A group called Queen City Gaming Entertainment filed a petition with the attorney general Wednesday, an initial step in seeking a statewide vote Nov. 7 to legalize slot machines in Cincinnati, Cleveland and seven horse tracks. Strickland, a congressman from Lisbon in northeast Ohio, called it distasteful that slot-machine proponents are trying to promote expanded gambling by offering college scholarships with part of the revenues.
He said there are bettor ways to make attending Ohio colleges more affordable.
May 12, 2006
Posted By Susan Torres
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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