The first five online sportsbook licenses approved for Ohio sports betting likely will not be the most-remembered part of Wednesday‘s meeting.
That distinction again fell to Matt Schuler, the executive director of the Ohio Casino Control Commission. For the second time in a month, Schuler did not mince words in expressing disappointment over some OH sports betting applicants.
Schuler hopes applicants can stop acting like “petulant children” and allow the commission to get its work done. The first online sportsbooks in Ohio will launch after midnight on Jan. 1.
Schuler: stop calling about applications
There were two issues Schuler brought up specifically. The first was commission staff being “absolutely swamped” by companies that still had information to submit by Wednesday’s deadline.