Ohio is better off losing traveling gambling dollars than hosting casinos

Here’s why:

1) Ohioans know gambling is a rip-off. The house always wins.

2) Put the traveling gambling revenue in perspective. Ohioans lose $2 billion per year to the Lottery and $1 billion to out of state casinos. That’s $3 billion lost to the real economy. More casinos will create greater losses.

3) If casino gambling comes to Ohio, it cannot and will not be limited to one site. Legal challenges will force Ohio to open multiple casino operations.

4) Commercial casinos, racetrack casinos and Tribal casinos will surely follow draining billions more from the local Ohio economy costing real jobs and hurting Ohio companies and families.

5) Building casinos in Ohio will not stop traveling gamblers from spending dollars outside Ohio. No law can force gamblers to stay inside Ohio. Opening more casinos will only drain more dollars from the Ohio economy.

6) New casinos will create new Ohio gambling addicts - ruining more lives and families.