Lakes Entertainment Inc. Joining Ohio Casino Effort

Lakes Entertainment Inc. and their Chief Executive, Lyle Berman, have joined an effort to bring a new casino to Ohio. The group is joining MyOhioNow.com, and is hoping to secure the necessary votes to bring a new casino to the state.

Lakes Entertainment Inc. is based out of Minneapolis, and together with Rick A. Lertzman and Brad A. Pressman, is hoping their combined efforts will bring positive results. The group is looking to bring a casino to a site off I-71.

November will be the month that the group will be targeting. That is the month that voters will decide whether or not to allow for the new casino. In order for the casino to be built, a constitutional amendment will have to be in place to allow the gambling.

If approved, Lertzman and Pressman will help operate the facility, which will be run by Lakes Entertainment. The group seems to be a good match, according to Lertzman.

"They fit hand in hand with what we're looking for, which is that Midwestern look," he said. Berman is expanding his gambling interests. He started out as a poker player, then moved on to opening casinos.

He has casinos already operating in California and Michigan. His two partners in the Ohio project are both from Cleveland.

May 1, 2008
Posted By Larry Rutherford
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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