Northfield Park Needs the Slot Machines

The Ohio Racing Commission submitted a plan, the “Proposal to Save Ohio’s Horse Racing Industry” in hopes that they could finally start to see slot machines at the tracks. The racing group says that without slot machines the tracks cannot compete and is imploring state lawmakers to reconsider their stance on slot machines. They would like to see the slot machines going to the state’s seven tracks and in particular Northfield Park.

The authority would like to see it approved without it going to a vote by residents however. They know that if it goes to residents that they stand a good chance at it not being approved, as voters have already said several times over that they will not be approving slot machines at the race tracks.

The legislators that are pushing the proposal to be approved say that it will most likely not come under consideration in the state budget this year, and that it will be held over for another time. They say that the slot machines could do wonders for their bottom line in as far as the state and the tracks go. They know that many of the tracks are facing true financial hardship because of the competition that is out there from tracks that are allowed slot machines already.

The proposal is very similar to other slot machine proposals that have been voted on in the past. The only major difference this time is that the legislature would make the decision instead of the voters. This has obviously incensed many of the voters who say that they have made their position on slot machines very clear, and if the state chooses to go ahead without their permission that they will remember it come election time.

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