I urge you to do whatever you can to please bring sports betting to Ohio. I want to place bets, including directly from my phone or computer, from my home, just like what people can do in neighboring states like Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and many other states around the country. Another football season is starting and sports fans across Ohio will continue to place bets through platforms that provide no consumer protections. A lot of these illegal platforms seem legitimate, but they don’t have secure payment systems, tools for responsible gaming or protections against underage play. Legal sports betting in Ohio will ensure consumers have the protections that they need. Please do what’s right for our state and bring mobile sports betting to Ohio.

I want to be able to bet on sports here in Ohio, and I want to be able to do it from my phone just like I do with most everything else I do. The 2021 football season has kicked off, but we still don’t have sports betting in Ohio. Sports fans here have been betting on sports for a long time, but they’ve been doing it through illegal platforms. In order to keep sports betting revenue in Ohio, we need a legal alternative to the offshore companies who rip people off, provide no consumer protections and deliver no money to the state. Ohioans can currently place mobile bets in Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. We should keep that money here! Please bring mobile sports betting to Ohio!

We all know Ohioans are betting on sports, it is just being done illegally with operators who have no interest or reason to protect our residents or legally in neighboring states. That’s why we need a legal alternative in Ohio. We should have the ability to bet legally, know that our money is safe with a licensed company, and know that there is someone we can talk to if we have a problem with one of the companies. I keep hearing about the benefits of mobile sports betting in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia and Indiana and It’s time to be able to safely and legally bet on sports in Ohio. Please do whatever you can to bring mobile sports betting to Ohio.

I keep hearing about states all over the country like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana and West Virginia who legalized sports betting and put that money to work for their states. Why don’t we have that here in Ohio? We all know that as another football season begins people across the state are already betting on sports. They’re just doing it through illegal platforms that seem legitimate or going to neighboring states. Most people don’t even realize that they’re placing bets through offshore and illegal operators. Not only would regulated mobile sports betting provide much needed consumer protections, but it will also keep all of that sports betting money right here in Ohio. It’s time to make sports betting legal in Ohio!

As an adult and resident of Ohio, I should be able to choose to safely bet on sports if I want to. Almost all of our neighboring states allow it, and we should join them. I should be able to bet with licensed operators who are regulated by the state. Another football season is getting underway and Ohioans will continue betting on illegal platforms or legal platforms in neighboring states until we have a legal option. We can have sports betting here and get money from it for important things in Ohio. Please support sports betting!

As your constituent I am asking that you please bring legal sports betting to Ohio. Legalizing sports betting seems like a common sense move for Ohio. It is an additional source of revenue, it creates a legal market where consumers are protected, and it allows for an additional element of entertainment for those who want it. It’s especially important now that nearly every state around ours has legal sports betting, including mobile sports betting, and another football season kicked off. This is the right thing for Ohio. I urge you to please legalize sports betting here in Ohio!

Why is Ohio letting millions of dollars leave the state and fill the pockets of illegal sports betting platforms or neighboring states with regulated sports betting as another football season kicks off? Right now, if people in Ohio choose to bet on sports they’re doing it through illegal platforms that offer no protections or they’re going to neighboring states like Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. I think it is time that we bring sports betting out of the shadows and offer important consumer protections to fans in Ohio that are currently missing in the illegal market. Please support mobile sports betting for Ohio!

I know there are a lot of people who already bet on sports in Ohio, especially as another football season gets going without legal sports betting. Why not make it legal and offer strong consumer protections so no one is left unsafe? Right now, people are betting with illegal companies on their phones, which don’t offer any consumer protections and put people at risk. It is in the best interest of our state that we legalize sports betting now so that everyone who is betting on sports today can be protected. I hope that you legalize sports betting in Ohio as soon as possible.