Ohio regulator approves its first sports-betting licenses

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Casino Control Commission approved its first 200 sports-betting licenses Wednesday, according to our news partner WCPO in Cincinnati.

Several of those locations will be here in the area.

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These Type C Sports Game Host licenses will enable companies to install kiosks that take up to $700 per week in bets from any adult and those kiosks will be programmed by separately licensed sports betting proprietors with four types of wagers, including point spreads on individual games and parlays involving four games per bet, WCPO says.

Kiosks will be just one of the ways Ohio will launch sports betting on January 1, 2023, phone-betting apps and retail sportsbooks in casinos and stadiums will be also be licensed to take bets in Ohio under an application process that starts in June, WCPO reports.

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As of August 15, the commission had received 652 applications, 200 were approved by unanimous resolution Wednesday.

Three are in Butler County, 11 in the Dayton area, one in the Springfield area, and one in Greene county, according to WCPO.

More than two dozen applicants were approved in the Cleveland area and 18 in the Columbus area.

Although licenses were approved Wednesday, sports betting hosts still must take several steps before January 1, including the submission of compliance materials to address how they will handle security and responsible gaming standards, WCPO says.

We will continue to update this story as we learn more.

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