US EditionOhio Lawmakers Propose Bills to Restrict Sports Betting
Sponsors say the plan would curb addiction and protect game integrity by banning mobile wagers, capping bets at $100 and limiting advertising.
- On Wednesday, Rep. Gary Click , Rep. Riordan McClain , and Rep. Johnathan Newman introduced the Save Ohio Sports Act, proposing to ban mobile sports betting and require all wagers at casinos.
- Ohio legalized sports betting three years ago, but Gov. Mike DeWine now expresses regret over the decision. Calls to the Ohio Gambling Helpline surged from 456 in 2022 to nearly 10,000 in 2024.
- The bills limit individual wagers to $100, ban all college sports betting, eliminate proposition and parlay bets, prohibit credit card usage, and restrict in-game wagering to curb addictive gambling behaviors.
- Conservative lobbyist Aaron Baer of the Center for Christian Virtue supports the measure for consumer protection, while online backlash quickly emerged with critics slamming the proposal as government overreach.
- These bills face an uphill legislative battle as enforcement remains legally challenging and some lawmakers, including DeWine, disagree with specific provisions of the overhaul.
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Lawmakers pitch complete rollback of online, cellphone sports gambling
COLUMBUS, Ohio – New legislation in the Ohio House would significantly restrict sports betting, including a ban on so-called “prop bets” on in-game performance and all betting on college athletics, in an effort to protect Ohioans from something sponsors say is as “addictive as heroin.”
The Center Square
GOP proposal would ban college sports, cell phone bets in Ohio
(The Center Square) – A group of Republican Ohio lawmakers want to significantly restrict sports betting in Ohio, banning all gambling on college sports and bets placed on cell phones.
Ohio GOP lawmakers propose banning betting on college sports, and all cell phone bets
The bills would limit both the amount that could be wagered on sports and the frequency of those bets. It would include a “no debt to bet” provision that would make it illegal to use credits on sports gambling.
Ohio Capital Journal
tiffinohio.netOhio Republican lawmakers proposed major new sports betting restrictions
Ohio state Rep. Riordan McClain, R-Upper Sandusky, introducing sports betting regulation legislation, alongside, left to right, Center for Christian Virtue President Aaron Baer, and Ohio state Reps. Gary Click, R-Vickery, and Johnathan Newman, R-Troy. (Photo by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal.)Three Ohio Republican lawmakers are introducing legislation to place “guardrails” on the state’s sports betting system, including stopping online/phone g…
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