Lawmakers are set to meet Wednesday to hammer out their differences over a bill to legalize sports gambling in Ohio. The two Democrats running for governor said they鈥檙e concerned about not only what the bill will include, but also the process they say Republicans are using to get that bill passed.
Cincinnati mayor John Cranley said he鈥檚 worried sports betting will land with the Casino Control Commission, which he thinks is unconstitutional. Cranley said if he鈥檚 elected and lawsuits have tied up the bill, he鈥檒l put the Ohio Lottery in charge, with profits going to education and with small businesses throughout Ohio getting sports betting opportunities, not just the four casinos.
鈥淚'll appoint members of the Lottery Commission as governor to enact sports betting in a way that will help public schools, not screw public schools and help small towns and businesses throughout Ohio and not screw them,鈥� said Cranley.
Cranley鈥檚 primary opponent, Dayton mayor Nan Whaley, doesn鈥檛 have a specific plan but said she鈥檚 not happy about the lack of transparency and that in the end, the state needs to have full oversight.
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