Ohio professional sports teams are pushing for changes to a bill that would legalize sports betting in the Buckeye State, including tweaks that would tighten limits on the number of online operators and add at least a little bit more of a home-field advantage for them. Legislation recently introduced in the Ohio Senate would allow as many as 20 licenses for online sportsbooks (“Type A”) and 20 licenses for brick-and-mortar betting facilities (“Type B”). A mobile licensee would be able to obtain one for a physical sportsbook as well under Senate Bill 176, in addition to partnering with as many other online operators as they want. Officials from pro-sports organizations in the state were among those who testified Wednesday at a meeting of the Senate’s select gaming committee, and they argued that the model proposed by S.B. 176 could use amendments. Doug Healy, the chief financial officer of the Cincinnati…
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