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The Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC) Tuesday (18 June) morning continued to refine its rules, approving a change to its advertising and promotional rules and expanding the scope of what integrity monitors may do. At about the same time, Michigan regulators said they weren’t ‘trying to shut down” amusement businesses. Both of Ohio’s amended rules
Sports betting revenue in Ohio reached $73.9m (£58m/€68.1m) in April, a 15.8% month-on-month increase. The April revenue was a sizeable rise on the $63.8m reported in Ohio in March. The figure also takes Ohio to a year-to-date sports betting revenue of $317.1m. Online accounted for $72.8m in revenue, 98.5% of the total. Retail, meanwhile, was
Influencer Jake Paul’s microbetting start-up Betr will now begin accepting real-money deposits and withdrawals in Ohio, after a “soft launch” on 1 January. In August 2022, Paul – alongside SimpleBet founder and CEO Joey Levy – launched Betr, a microbetting offering, designed at allowing players to place bets on fast-resolving markets. Paul is president of
Jack Entertainment has joined the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) via BetJack, its sports betting brand, soon after launching in Ohio. Licensed to operate retail and online sports betting in Ohio, BetJack joins IBIA’s expanding organisation which covers 50% of all regulated commercial operator online betting activity. IBIA’s network stretches across more than 40 members
