Sports Betting in Ohio: Week 1

Sports betting in Ohio became legal as the clocks struck midnight and 2022 turned over to 2023.

New sportsbooks at popular Northeast Ohio gambling sites like JACK Cleveland Casino and MGM Northfield Park have been preparing for this reality for more than a year.

House Bill 29, signed into law by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, made sports betting legal in Ohio, and Ohioans wasted no time exercising that right as the new year opened.

Meanwhile, Monday will mark the first day a Cleveland professional sports team will be in action as fans can put action on sports. The Cavaliers, Browns and Guardians will each have a sportsbook located inside their stadium.

"We have almost 200 plus events here that happen over the course of a calendar year," said Nic Barlage, the CEO of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. "This sportsbook will be open for ticketed patrons as well as patrons that just want to come in off the street and check out a game and place a bet."

Read more: https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/legal-sports-betting-opens-in-ohio-as-clocks-turn-2023/95-01882914-9471-4723-9a60-cef81b55e3b7 --

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