More Ohio Gambling? Slot Machines a Possibility
Penn National Gaming, the developers behind the Columbus Casino have gotten the approval for their purchases of the Beulah Park horse racing track in Grove City, according to reports by both The Dispatch (”With slots a possibility, horse tracks snapped up“) and Business First (”Regulators OK Beulah Park sale to Penn National“). Last year, Governor Strickland pushed for legislation to allow for the installation of slot machines at seven race tracks throughout Ohio including both Beulah Park and Scioto Downs.
The fate of the slot machine legislation may come down to a statewide vote this November. Do you support the addition of non-casino slot machine gaming in Ohio?
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June 29th, 2010 at 9:24 am
It sounds like all Columbus needs now is to legalize prostitution..then they’ll be all set.. (sarcasm).
June 29th, 2010 at 9:30 am
Do you support the addition of non-casino slot machine gaming in Ohio? Yes
June 29th, 2010 at 11:34 am
NO NO NO!!- What is happening! I thought that Columbus was better than that. Do we have the extra $$$ for social services that will be needed now we have brought this blight into our neighborhood?
June 29th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Racetrack slots now closer to a ‘go’
TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010
BY JAMES NASH
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
After spending more than $1.5 million to give Ohioans the right to vote on electronic slot machines at racetracks, three conservative activists abandoned their campaign yesterday - which appears to give Gov. Ted Strickland the go-ahead to proceed with his plans for 17,500 slot machines.
Strickland, however, appears to be in no hurry to revive his year-old proposal to turn Ohio’s seven racetracks into mini-casinos.
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
I think the cat is already out of the bag on this one. Once voters approved the four casinos, it opened the door for more moves like this one. Honestly, I don’t have a problem with putting slot machines in at the race tracks, since, at least here in Columbus, it’s an existing site on the outer fringes of town. Keep it out there.
June 29th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Outer fringes comparative to Columbus, maybe… but Beulah Park is actually located adjacent to Downtown Grove City, which they’ve been working on redevelopment plans for over the past few years. I’m wondering how this will impact those efforts.
July 27th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Friday, July 23, 2010
Tracks off to the races to beat casinos
BUSINESS FIRST OF COLUMBUS - BY Jeff Bell
The race is on to install video slot machines at Ohio’s horse tracks before casinos start to open two years from now in Columbus, Toledo, Cleveland and Cincinnati.
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