DraftKings, BetMGM Among New Licensees For Ohio Sports Betting

Ohio regulators kept the ball rolling on license approvals with its sports betting launch under two months away.

Five online Ohio sportsbooks, six retail sportsbooks and three mobile and retail proprietors were approved at Wednesday’s Casino Control Commission meeting.

There are still plenty more licenses to be awarded before the market goes live at midnight on Jan. 1.

Approved Ohio sports betting operators

The five approved operators include some of the biggest names in US sports betting:

  • BetMGM: Mobile for MGM Resorts’ Northfield Park and retail for the Cincinnati Reds, Northfield and Cedar Downs OTB
  • BetRivers: Mobile for PENN Entertainment‘s Hollywood Dayton and retail for Pro Football Hall of Fame Village
  • DraftKings: Mobile for PENN’s Hollywood Toledo
  • Hard Rock: Mobile and retail for Hard Rock Cincinnati
  • Tipico: Mobile and retail for Columbus Crew SC

  
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