Penn National Gaming, which is opposed to online poker, is involved in Ohio's new casinos.
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...in April, Penn National executives told analysts during the company quarterly earnings conference call that they opposed efforts to legalize Internet poker even though Chairman Peter Carlino speculated legalization is probably inevitable.
http://www.lvrj.com/business/m-resor...8.html?ref=088
I didn't expect them to resist legalization until the director of the Ohio Lottery Commission drooled all over himself in print at the thought of his own monopoly:
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“We want to be in the forefront of being able to generate revenue for the lottery commission."
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“An Ohio resident could not sit on their computer and play the New York games. So, from that perspective, we don’t see a large competitive threat.”
http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnat....html?page=all
Meanwhile, although I think business-friendly Gov. Kasich could be an ally, the Ohio House Republicans, who control the state house, are a different story.
I predict a difficult struggle for any form of regulated online poker in Ohio.