{"id":202,"date":"2021-05-17T15:50:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T12:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/sports-betting-bill-introduced-in-ohio-senate-schuring-hopes-for-quick-passage\/"},"modified":"2021-05-17T15:50:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T12:50:15","slug":"sports-betting-bill-introduced-in-ohio-senate-schuring-hopes-for-quick-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/sports-betting-bill-introduced-in-ohio-senate-schuring-hopes-for-quick-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Betting Bill Introduced in Ohio Senate, Schuring Hopes for Quick Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Innholdsfortegnelse<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/sports-betting-bill-introduced-in-ohio-senate-schuring-hopes-for-quick-passage\/#Type_A_for_Casinos_Online_Operators\" title=\"Type A for Casinos, Online Operators\">Type A for Casinos, Online Operators<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/sports-betting-bill-introduced-in-ohio-senate-schuring-hopes-for-quick-passage\/#Type_B_for_Retail_Operators\" title=\"Type B for Retail Operators\">Type B for Retail Operators<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/sports-betting-bill-introduced-in-ohio-senate-schuring-hopes-for-quick-passage\/#Ohio_Lottery_Gets_in_the_Game\" title=\"Ohio Lottery Gets in the Game\">Ohio Lottery Gets in the Game<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/sports-betting-bill-introduced-in-ohio-senate-schuring-hopes-for-quick-passage\/#House_Senate_Coming_Together_on_Sports_Betting\" title=\"House, Senate Coming Together on Sports Betting\">House, Senate Coming Together on Sports Betting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/sports-betting-bill-introduced-in-ohio-senate-schuring-hopes-for-quick-passage\/#How_Can_Ohio_Pass_Sports_Betting_by_June\" title=\"How Can Ohio Pass Sports Betting by June\">How Can Ohio Pass Sports Betting by June<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Ohio lawmakers unveiled their latest attempt at a sports betting bill on Thursday, with hope they can fast track it through the state Legislature.<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172967\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-172967 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schuring_Fotor-142x98.png?x38396\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schuring_Fotor-142x98.png?x38396\" alt=\"Ohio sports betting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"829\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schuring_Fotor.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schuring_Fotor-142x98.png 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schuring_Fotor-1024x707.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schuring_Fotor-768x531.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data- title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-172967 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schuring_Fotor.png?x38396\" alt=\"Ohio sports betting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schuring_Fotor.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schuring_Fotor-142x98.png 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schuring_Fotor-1024x707.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Schuring_Fotor-768x531.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">Ohio Senate Majority leader Kirk Schuring holds a press conference Thursday to go over details of a sports betting and expanded gaming bill that the chamber will consider. He and other supporters of the measure hope to pass it by the end of June. (Image:<em> The Ohio Channel<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There remain several key details that lawmakers still need to flesh out. However, a key legislative leader expressed hope it can pass before lawmakers head out for summer break.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p><strong>There\u2019ll be other iterations of the bill,\u201d<\/strong> Senate Majority Floor Leader Kirk Schuring, R-Canton, said. <strong>\u201cBut we do want to get it done before the end of June. We think it\u2019s time that we take action.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Schuring is not the lead sponsor of <a href=\"https:\/\/search-prod.lis.state.oh.us\/solarapi\/v1\/general_assembly_134\/bills\/sb176\/IN\/00\/sb176_00_IN?format=pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 176<\/a>, he is the chairman of the Select Committee on Gaming. That panel took testimony from gaming industry representatives and other interested parties over a two-month period through March.<\/p>\n<p>Then over the past month, Schuring met with other members of the committee to hash out details of the proposed legislation. He had a list of more than 200 bullet points put together before he met with Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, to begin putting the framework together. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That committee is scheduled to meet again on Wednesday. That, though, is pending until the bill is officially referred to the committee.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Type_A_for_Casinos_Online_Operators\"><\/span>Type A for Casinos, Online Operators<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As it stands right now, Ohio would offer up to 40 sports betting licenses. It would offer up to 20 Type A licenses for online sports betting and 20 Type B licenses for brick-and-mortar establishments.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio happens to have 11 casinos and racinos. Also, the state\u2019s eight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/cincinnati-reds-other-ohio-pro-teams-want-to-partner-with-sportsbooks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">professional sports teams<\/a> and the PGA Tour banded together to lobby lawmakers for access to licenses. While those numbers add up to 20, it doesn\u2019t appear \u2013 for now, anyway \u2013 that lawmakers intend to award licenses exclusively to those businesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>While noting the Type A licenses would likely be for the state\u2019s casino operators, Schuring added that any other business willing to put up the money to accept bets would be able to apply for a license.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe in the free market,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, if there\u2019s another entity out there right now, notwithstanding those 11 (casinos) that we\u2019re talking about, who can come up with the money to bank the bet, come to Ohio.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dan Dodd, a former Ohio state lawmaker who represents the online gaming industry trade group iDevelopment and Economic Association (iDEA), told <i>Casino.org<\/i> Thursday that he hoped the bill would include more than 20 online licenses.<\/p>\n<p>He said a number of casino companies have made skin arrangements with multiple online sports betting operators in anticipation that casino licensees would serve as the primary license holder.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p><strong>So I think there\u2019s definitely more than 20 companies that are interested, and if we\u2019re going to have a free market, I think we should make sure that those who are wanting to get into the market have the opportunity to do so,\u201d<\/strong> said Dodd, the vice president of government affairs for ZHF Consulting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Schuring noted, he expects changes to the legislation. So, it remains a possibility the number of licenses will change.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Type_B_for_Retail_Operators\"><\/span>Type B for Retail Operators<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Interestingly, the current language for the Type B licenses would seem to deter casinos from pursuing them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.ohio.gov\/download?key=16565&#038;format=pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bill analysis<\/a> from the Ohio Legislative Budget Office\u2019s Office of Research and Drafting, brick-and-mortar sportsbooks would not be allowed at casinos or racinos. Casinos could still get a license, but they would have to build a separate facility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The more likely target for the Type B licenses would be the state\u2019s major professional sports teams, Schuring said. He also thinks the retail establishments will be job creators.<\/p>\n<p>We think it\u2019s going to be an economic development tool for Ohio,\u201d he said. \u201cIn fact, we\u2019re going to say in the bill that one of the criteria for being awarded one of these licenses is that you have to show economic development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both types of licenses would cost $1 million for three years. No one entity may hold more than five Type A or five Type B licenses.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The state would tax license holders of both types at 10 percent of their net revenue.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ohio_Lottery_Gets_in_the_Game\"><\/span>Ohio Lottery Gets in the Game<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>That\u2019s not all, though, for Ohio sports betting. The bill also includes a pari-mutuel product that the state lottery would offer. It appears to be in response to representatives from the state\u2019s bowling alley and grocery trade associations. Both of those groups said their members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ohio-grocery-stores-tell-lawmakers-they-want-to-offer-sports-betting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wanted to offer a sports betting product<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For $20, bettors could pick an outcome of an event or series of events. The state\u2019s lottery commission would take a percentage of each ticket. The winning ticket holders would split the remainder equally.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an example given in the analysis, 1,000 people picked the winner in an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Of the $20,000, the lottery took 10 percent, meaning $18,000 would be up for grabs. If the 200 people who picked the Browns won, they would get $90, a net gain of $70. If the 800 people picking Pittsburgh were correct, they\u2019d take home $22.50, a net gain of $2.50.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"House_Senate_Coming_Together_on_Sports_Betting\"><\/span>House, Senate Coming Together on Sports Betting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This isn\u2019t Ohio Legislature\u2019s first time discussing sports betting. Last year, a bill cleared the state House by a strong margin. However, it never gained traction in the Senate, where there was a competing bill with a different language. One of the key hang-ups was the House wanted the Ohio Lottery Commission to manage sports betting. Senators wanted the Casino Control Commission to oversee it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>When the session ended in December, it meant lawmakers needed to start anew. That\u2019s how the Senate Select Committee on Gaming came to fruition. The committee is also tasked with legalizing e-Bingo and is considering iLottery. But most of the attention paid to the committee has been on its sports betting work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It also seems that there is now some common ground between the chambers when it comes to sports betting.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima) told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statenews.org\/post\/senate-sports-betting-bill-gives-authority-casino-regulators\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Statehouse News<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Bureau<\/a><\/em> that his chamber is also working on a bill. But there\u2019s one key difference in what will likely come from the House this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the general consensus is forming that the Casino Control Commission might be the appropriate body, but that wouldn\u2019t prevent them from possibly contracting with the Lottery Commission to do some things,\u201d Cupp said.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Can_Ohio_Pass_Sports_Betting_by_June\"><\/span>How Can Ohio Pass Sports Betting by June<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dodd, who served two terms as a state representative, shed some light on how lawmakers may be able to get a bill through the legislature quickly.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Senate would likely hold hearings on the bill. But rather than take it to the floor, senators may take a House bill that\u2019s already in the Senate and add the bill as an amendment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Once it passes the Senate, it would go back to the House for a vote to concur on the amendment \u2013 in this case, the sports betting bill language. If the House concurs, the bill goes to Gov. Mike DeWine for his signature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the House doesn\u2019t concur, then both chambers would need to hammer out their differences in a conference committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would anticipate that the House and Senate will negotiate the amendments before they\u2019re put into the house bill to avoid a conference committee,\u201d Dodd said.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sports-betting-bill-filed-in-ohio-senate-schuring-hopes-for-quick-passage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Betting Bill Introduced in Ohio Senate, Schuring Hopes for Quick Passage<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio lawmakers unveiled their latest attempt at a sports betting bill on Thursday, with hope they can fast track it through the state Legislature. Ohio Senate Majority leader Kirk Schuring holds a press conference Thursday to go over details of a sports betting and expanded gaming bill that the chamber will consider. 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