No Slot Machines for Ohio

It seems everywhere you look voters do not want slot machines. They voted no on Prop B that would have brought slot machines to Guam, and they also voted no to the Learn and Earn Campaign in Ohio. The Learn and Earn campaign wanted to bring in slot machines to help fund higher education for top performing seniors, but the residents of the state didn’t buy it.

The group spent over $20 million to try and legalize slot machines in Ohio, but the majority just wasn’t convinced that this was the way to go. Many felt that the few number of students that would initially be helped by the slot machines just wasn’t enough to justify all of those that would eventually be hurt by the machines.

"The people of Ohio saw through the sham and were not fooled," Senator George Voinovich said of the 'Learn and Earn' Issue.

If the Issue had passed, slot machines would have been legalized in seven horse tracks across the state, as well as two stand alone slot machine casinos in the Cleveland area. It was estimated that the slot machines would have brought in $22 million each year to the general fund of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, but voters just didn’t want the social ills that come along with them.

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