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The state auditor has ordered a performance audit of the Ohio Lottery over the uncertainties of gambling revenue, but the lottery has balked at the idea and asked that the idea be reconsidered. "The proposed audit does not seem reasonable, necessary or...
Tags: Ohio Lottery, Kathleen Burke, Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor, Belleville, Lotteries in the United States, Auditing, Lottery, Performance audit
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Re “It’s time to license cats, too,” Sept. 20: We will never get a cat licensing law passed by writing to the Dayton Daily News. We who think that cats should be licensed should flood the Montgomery County Commission’s office...
Tags: Montgomery County Commissioners, cats licensed, Ohio Lottery, Dayton Daily News
He did everything possible to avoid the label "Tax Hike Ted" heading into next year's re-election campaign, but yesterday Gov. Ted Strickland, his options limited and terrible, risked wearing the jacket...Almost at the exact moment that Strickland announced...
Tags: Ted Strickland, tax cut, slot machine, Ohio Supreme Court, Ohio Lottery, proposed freezing, ohio governor, income tax, race tracks, court decision
Facing late fees of $100,000 per day, Ohio's seven horse-racing tracks are scrambling to come up with $13 million each by Sept. 15 to qualify for thousands of slot machines authorized last month by Gov. Ted Strickland and state legislators. One of the...
Tags: Ohio Lottery, slot machines
Dolan resigned late yesterday afternoon, putting the leadership of the agency in turmoil as the lottery embarks on the largest expansion in its history. Dolan, whose 2 1/2 -year tenure as lottery chief was marked by controversy, submitted his resignation...
Tags: Ohio Lottery, Dolan, Ted Strickland
Ohio – Ohio’s elections chief says backers of a proposal to place casinos in Ohio’s four largest cities have submitted enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said the Ohio Jobs and Growth Committee behind...
Tags: Ohio Secretary of State, Ohio Jobs, Ohio Lottery, Jennifer Brunner, Supreme Court
Opponents say adding slots through the Ohio Lottery as proposed violates the state Constitution, as would using the slots proceeds to replace state funds that otherwise would have gone to education. Response: The plan is constitutional, and any legal...
Tags: Ohio Lottery, Ohio county, Ted Strickland
Ohio (AP) — Gov. Ted Strickland was preparing an executive order today to authorize racetrack slots and break a budget stalemate, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations. The order is the linchpin of a budget compromise with Senate Republicans,...
Tags: Ohio House, Ohio Lottery, Ted Strickland, House-Senate, racetracks slot, slot machines, budget stalemate, executive order, authorize racetracks, legislative leaders
A new company began running the Ohio Lottery's computer system on Wednesday as planned, although a few winning tickets sold before the switch were not recognized. Lottery spokeswoman Marie Kilbane said the problems were being worked out. The Ohio Lottery...
Tags: Ohio Lottery, Pick, winning tickets
A coalition of powerful business groups threw its support Thursday behind Gov. Ted Strickland's embattled plan to expand gambling, as opponents intensified their crusade to stop it. Restaurant owners, grocers and beer and wine wholesalers joined the...
Tags: Ted Strickland, Ohio Lottery, slot machines, Portman