Sports betting operators, state businesses, and professional sports franchises scrambled to submit their Ohio sports betting license applications to the Ohio Casino Control Commission to ensure eligibility to launch as soon as possible.

The Ohio Casino Control Commission was bombarded with applications this past week, as entities hurried to submit paperwork before the initial application window closed on July 15. While the commission will continue to take applications, it warned that any entity submitting an application after the initial window would not be guaranteed a launch on the universal Jan. 1, 2023 start date…

As expected, Type A (online sports betting) license applications were a hot commodity. When the dust settled, the commission received 22 applications for Type A licenses in the last month.