Apr. 11, 2012, Fremont News-Messenger
By Jessica Alaimo
CentralOhio.com
Lawmakers are taking yet another spin at regulating Internet cafes and their sweepstakes.
Sen. Joe Schiavoni, D-Canfield, has introduced a bill that would require licensing of Internet cafes, which have popped up across Ohio, and allow municipalities to regulate them within city limits.
Other bills to regulate these cafes have fallen short because lawmakers couldn't agree on the extent of the regulation, or if the cafes should even be allowed to exist in the first place...
Read more in the Fremont News Messenger.
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Sunday, December 5, 2010
Fearing casinos, nonprofit groups seek video bingo games
Dec. 5, 2010, Newark Advocate
BY JESSICA ALAIMO
CentralOhio.com
As gambling expands in Ohio, several nonprofits are asking the Legislature to allow electronic bingo machines in licensed halls.
This will allow them to stay competitive as skill games continue and casino construction begins in Ohio, say officials from the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
“Obviously, if there are casinos in every corner of the state, (people) are not going to come in and play tickets,” said Don Lanthorn, department service director for the Ohio American Legion.
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