Sports betting went live in Ohio just five months ago. But lawmakers are already wrangling over small tweaks and big changes for the industry in the state budget.
Ohio established its sports gaming system in late 2021, but it didn’t go live until Jan. 1 this year. One of the chief questions lawmakers had to answer was which agency should oversee the program — the state lottery or the casino control commission? It’s an important distinction because the lottery funnels money directly to education. The casino commission puts nearly all its sports gaming revenue in a fund split evenly between education and sports or other extracurricular activities.
