Slot Machines in Ohio’s Budget

It has been said on more than one occasion that Ohio residents do not want slot machines. The state has had numerous votes for slot machines come up and each time the residents have voted against legalizing them. Then just a few weeks ago the Ohio Racing Commission tried to get a slot machine bill passed that would not only allow slot machines at the tracks but it would do it without the residents getting to vote on it.

The House and Senate would simply vote yes on the bill which would allow slot machines to be brought into the state. This outraged the residents of the state and the Governor said that he would not sign a bill that the residents have made it so clear that they are against. However, it seems that they are not done with their attempts to get slot machines into the tracks.

The Ohio House has now passed a budget that would allow slot machines in the state. For those that are opposed to slot machines they would have to veto the budget in order to get the slot machines off of there. For those that are for the slot machines this is the perfect way to get what they want without having to go through the residents of the state.

They are trying to make it seem as if slot machines are “pertinent” to the budget and to the future of the racetracks. They say that without slot machines they are doomed to have to close down the tracks and that would mean people losing jobs – which makes them pertinent and thus able to get them on the budget.

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