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The casino located on Ohio 63 near Interstate 75 opened the Sportsbook on Thursday, announcing it on social media. The hours are 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sunday. Ohioans have been able to legally bet on sports since Jan. 1, when the law changed and created a potentially billion-dollar…

The strong start to legal two weeks ago should get an immediate boost Sunday as the home-state Cincinnati Bengals begin their quest for a second straight Super Bowl appearance. On Sunday, the Bengals (12-4) host the Baltimore Ravens (10-7) at Paycor Stadium in an AFC wild card game. The opening kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m. ET. At Caesars…

Ohio sports betting launched on Jan. 1, 2023, and the Buckeye State found itself on top of the U.S. sports betting market. Nobody foresaw just how successful the Ohio sports betting launch would be for the New Year's holiday weekend, as GeoComply, a geolocation and fraud specialist company, reported Ohio saw 11.3 million geolocation transactions…

PointsBet is an up-and-coming sportsbook that is growing quickly in popularity. The platform offers a few unique betting choices including "PointsBetting." This is a unique way of betting on the spread as PointsBet looks to change the approach to sports betting. Ohio is going live on January 1, 2023. PointsBet has some pre-launch options if you…

Get your party hats on, because it's time to get down. The long wait will finally be over on Sunday at 12:01 a.m. as Ohio sports betting will officially be legal in the Buckeye State. Maybe if you're lucky Ohio State's playoff against Georgia will go to five overtimes and you'll be able to live-bet the Buckeyes early Sunday morning? Ohio will…

For Ohio sports betting enthusiasts, the final days of 2022 have seemed like weeks. And as the clock approaches midnight on Saturday, the final minutes will seem like hours. Eventually, though, the calendar will flip to 2023. When it does, the state's new sportsbook operators will flip on their "Open for business" signs. With that - after years of…

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Prior to the Jan. 1, 12:01 a.m. Ohio sports betting launch, the casino control commission is giving all stakeholders a warning to adhere to its marketing and advertising restrictions to not target individual under the age of 21. The Ohio Casino Control Commission has already seen consistent violations from stakeholders that allegedly targeted…

Sports betting becomes legal in Ohio on New Year's Day, and dozens of Mahoning Valley bars will be ready with wagering kiosks that can be operated by patrons. So far, the state casino control commission has approved kiosks for 46 bars and restaurants in Mahoning County, 22 in Trumbull and eight in Columbiana. The kiosks are similar in size and…

Daily fantasy sports betting is already highly well-liked in Ohio. As of January 1, 2023, punters can place wagers on Ohio sports through retail outlets and betting apps. Many people from Ohio already have access to legitimate sports wagers in a few neighboring states, including Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Now they'll no…

My first full-time job in journalism was at The Vindicator in Youngstown, a city where I once saw a man at the grocery store buying just two things: a ball of mozzarella cheese and a package of "Just For Men" gel. The Vindicator was an afternoon newspaper when I first started and I would occasionally get phone calls at 5:30 a.m. from a guy who…

Online sports betting is finally on the horizon for the Buckeye State, and Barstool Sportsbook plans to be a force on the Ohio sports betting scene when legal sports wagering arrives in January 2023. With an anticipated launch date of Jan. 1, 2023, Ohio online sports betting is expected to bring in the likes of top-tier online sportsbooks such as…

Ohio sports betting's launch is less than a month away and its market is largely rounding into shape, as the Ohio Casino Control Commission has conditionally approved the majority of its sports betting license applicants. Sports betting will launch in the Buckeye State at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. The Ohio Casino Control Commission has…

A field of eleven 3-year-olds are scheduled to break from the gate this Monday, Nov. 21, in the $250000 Steel Valley Sprint at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course in Youngstown, Ohio. Trainer Guadalupe Preciado sends out Grade 2 Gallant Bob winner Scaramouche as the lukewarm 3-1 favorite in the race. The Munnings gelding is sitting on a…

Sports betting is coming to Ohio on New Year's Day with a rollout that will rank among the biggest in the United States. Buckeye State bettors will have a bevy of options as to where they'll make wagers as the Ohio Casino Control Commission has spent the past two months awarding licenses to several different service providers. Here's who is coming…

Pete Rose and Ohio sports betting will forever be intertwined, so why not just lean all in at this point? As first reported by WLWT, the legendary Cincinnati Reds hit king will officially place the first bet at Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati on Jan. 1, 2023, at 12:01 a.m. Ohio sports betting will launch throughout the Buckeye State at that…

The Ohio Casino Control Commission approved its next batch of sports betting license and Ohio online sports betting operators ahead of the rapidly approaching Jan. 1 universal launch. The casino control commission approved Type A (online sports betting) and Type B (retail sports betting) licenses for the Hall of Fame Village Newco, LLC, the Hard…

The first five sports betting companies have been approved to provide Ohio online sports betting services in the Buckeye State. The Ohio Casino Control Commission unanimously approved PointsBet, Caesars Sportsbook, Betfred, bet365, and SuperBook as "mobile management service providers." This designation will allow the companies to provide online…

The approvals are a major milestone for sports betting in Ohio, but they come as regulators are apparently being badgered by applicants for licenses. The work to get sports betting in Ohio up and running may be grating on the nerves of regulators but it is still making significant progress, as several mobile operators have now been awarded…

Dayton, Ohio - Kings County (Muscle Hill) took to the throne in the $25000 Open Trot at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway on Tuesday (Oct. 4). Leaving from post seven, Kings County settled into third along the rail. After an opening quarter in:27.4, driver Brett Miller popped the pocket and never looked back. At odds of 2-1, the 6-year-old horse…

For several Ohio sports betting license applicants, preparations for New Year's Day 2023 can now begin in earnest. Regulators in Ohio gave their approval to in-person sports betting licenses to eight applicants last week. Among the first to receive the retail confirmations are three of the state's professional sports teams and four casinos. This…

Ohio sports betting might be short a few mobile and retail sportsbooks when the Buckeye State goes live on Jan. 1. Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC) Director of Communications Jessica Franks told Gaming Today in a phone call Tuesday that companies hoping to launch on the state's Jan. 1 universal start date are required to turn in documentation…

Indications are that beginning on New Year's Day, Ohio sports betting fans won't just be able to watch their favorite teams play in their home stadiums or arenas-they'll be able to legally bet on them there, too. The most recent update offered by the Ohio Casino Control Commission on Wednesday conveyed conditional approval status upon 18 applicants…

The survey found that 4% of respondents intended to wager using an online sportsbook, 3% expect to place in-person bets at a casino or sporting venue, and 8% expect to do both. An Emerson College poll taken last week suggests that just 15% of voters are planning to place a bet via a legal sportsbook in Ohio when they go live on Jan. 1, 2023. The…

The casino control commission voted in favor of the establishments -- along with hundreds of others from across the state -- at their two most recent meetings. More local businesses that have applied are likely to be approved for sports gambling in the coming weeks and months. One of the local establishments that received approval was Company 7 BBQ…