A third of the companies applying to offer sports betting in Ohio have a new deadline to submit necessary paperwork or miss the Jan. 1, 2023 launch.
Those unspecified applicants are missing information on holding companies and key employees that need to be cleared by the Ohio Casino Control Commission before licensure, Executive Director Matt Schuler said at Wednesday‘s meeting.
Applicants without those documents who plan to launch their Ohio sportsbooks by Jan. 1 need to submit all the necessary information by Oct. 5. Missing that deadline means they will be disqualified from a potential day one launch, Schuler said.
OH sports betting applicants receive tongue-lashing
Schuler sounded annoyed as he outlined the multiple times this requirement was pointed out to applicants. He did not appear to sympathize with any company that misses the newly set October deadline: