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Illegal Slot Machine Problem Getting Worse

According to Governor Ted Strickland Ohio has about 50,000 slot machines across the state, even though voters had voted against expanding gambling. The voters chose not to add slot machines to the racetracks last year, and rejected casino proposals in both 1990 and 1996.

The governor says that there are a plethora of the slot machines operating in bars, private clubs, slots parlors, etc. all across Ohio, and people want to know how that could be possible. Each party is pointing fingers at the other, with no one accepting responsibility as usual.

The Republicans says that it is the Democrats – most notably Attorney General Marc Dann who has been negotiating over the slot machines and accepted campaign contributions from those interests. The Democrats say that it is the Republicans and the state budget that they put together four years ago. However, it does seem as though the Republicans may be to blame for this one.

The budget says that “skill based” amusement games were allowed in the state. However, some took that to mean that skill based slot machines would be acceptable as well. They say that their slot machines offer a payout – but so do the amusement games. They used the budget wording to bring in the Tic Tac Fruit slot machines.

So while each side keeps fighting to lay the blame on the other, the slot machines have continued to proliferate throughout the state, without a solution in sight.

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