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Lawmakers pass casino rules bill
Updated: Friday, 04 Jun 2010, 8:56 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 04 Jun 2010, 8:39 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio lawmakers have passed a bill setting rules for the state's four future casinos after missing their deadline.
The bill passed around 4 a.m. Friday by an 86-to-12 vote in the House and a 21-to-12 vote in the Senate.
Lawmakers had had a midnight deadline. It's unclear if they'll face a penalty for missing it.
The bill lays out the rules for the new casinos authorized by Ohio voters last fall in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo (see CASINO TIME, FOXToledo.com special assignment).
The casinos will be open to those 21 and over. Neither free drinks nor smoking will be allowed, and the casinos will have to stop serving alcohol at 2:30 a.m. like bars.
They are scheduled to open in 2012 and 2013.
The bill also establishes a seven-member casino control commission to license and regulate the casinos.
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