Ohio Slots Ready to Bring More to Players

If you can't beat'em, then join'em.  This is precisely what a Ohio-based group has done in their pursuit to get slot machines into Ohio horse racetracks and betting parlors.  Yet, in this particular case, it was the competitors themselves who changed their game plan in order to get the other side to join their cause in time for the November ballot to introduce new gambling laws in the Ohio state assembly.

The "Learn and Earn" campaign had originally cited Cincinnati, Ohio as a potential gambling site to introduce slot machines, but decided to drop Cincinnati in hopes of winning support from Penn National Gaming Inc, who owns and operates the Argosy Riverboat Casino, which has plenty of slot machines and is only a short distance from Cincinnati itself.  Penn Gaming also owns and operates Toledo's Raceway Park.

It was this friendly gesture on the part of the "Learn and Earn" campaign that eased fears from Argosy casino that there would be no direct competition in Cincinnati, which in turn, motivated Penn to support the "Learn and Earn" proposal to legally establish slot gaming facilities and introduce 3,500 slot machines in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.  With a single gambling issue on the upcoming ballot, the chances for passing new slot machine legislation in Ohio look very prominent.

David Hopcraft - a spokesperson for "Learn and Earn" - said the Greater Cleveland Partnership decided to change its proposal in hopes of receiving support from Penn, which is precisely what has happened.  The two groups have now merged their support of a single plane, that Penn Gaming is most likely going to take advantage of - Perhaps opening another slot gambling destination in the Ohio area, and definitely introducing more slot machines into its already existing gambling properties.

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