Online gambling creates social costs — and most of the revenue leaves Ohio

By: Marty Schladen

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: April 16, 2026

Words: 646

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

As social harms mount, a group of Republican lawmakers in Ohio is working to limit the state’s sports-betting businesses.

As they do, news comes that most of the money being generated flows out of state. And that’s before you count the social costs inflicted.

Ohio legalized online sports betting in 2021 after the U.S. Supreme Court gave the go-ahead in 2018.

Since then, there have been accusations that it’s corrupted big-time sports. Two …

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