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00:00:01>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST FOR THE STATE OF OHIO
00:00:03COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF
PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS, AND
00:00:08ARTHUR LLP, HELPING BUSINESSES
AND INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX
00:00:12LEGAL PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO,
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND AROUND
00:00:15THE WORLD.
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
00:00:19ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING 120
1000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
00:00:23PROFESSIONALS, AND HIGHER
EDUCATION FACULTY COMMITTED TO
00:00:25THE SUCCESS OF EVERY CHILD,
ONLINE AT OHEA.ORG.
00:00:28>> THE LIBERTARIANS ARE OUT OF
OPTIONS.
00:00:33IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE OHIO'S
CASINOS WERE FINALLY OPEN FOR
00:00:38BUSINESS.
HOW HAS -- HOW IS THE GAMBLING
00:00:41INDUSTRY DOING IN OHIO?
AND WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE
00:00:46INDUSTRY AND FOR THOSE THAT
OPPOSE IT?
00:00:47SOME ANSWERS THIS WEEK IN "THE
STATE OF OHIO."
00:00:50THE OHIO SUPREME COURT HAS
DENIED A REQUEST FROM A
00:01:03LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL WHO SIDED WITH THE
00:01:04SECRETARY OF STATE.
THE COURT AGREED REPUBLICAN
00:01:09SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN HOUSTON,
WHO DECIDED THE HEARING JUDGE,
00:01:14HIS SIGNATURE WAS NOT VALID
BECAUSE THE SIGNATURE GATHERER
00:01:19CANNOT DISCLOSE HIS EMPLOYER AND
WAS NOT A LIBERTARIAN.
00:01:22THERE ARE NOW TWO CERTIFIED
RIGHT AND LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATES
00:01:33FOR THE PRIMARY BALLOT.
OHIO HOPES FOR ONE OF THE TWO
00:01:35MAJOR PARTIES RESIDENTIAL
CONVENTIONS IN 2016 HAVE TWIN
00:01:38TOLD -- HAVE TWIN BUILD SLIGHTLY
GREATER CLEVELAND AND CINCINNATI
00:01:44ARE ON THE LIST AS POSSIBLE
SITES FOR THE 2015 REPUBLICAN
00:01:47NATIONAL CONVENTION.
COLUMBUS IS OFF THE LIST.
00:01:51CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL
CONCENTRATE ON GETTING THE
00:01:54DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
LEAVE LINT AND CINCINNATI WILL
00:01:57EACH HOST A SMALL TEAM OF
REPUBLICAN STAFFERS -- CLEVELAND
00:02:03AND CINCINNATI WILL EACH HOST A
SMALL TEAM OF REPUBLICAN
00:02:05STAFFERS.
THE OTHER CITIES ON THE
00:02:09SHORTLIST ARE DALLAS, DENVER,
KANSAS CITY, AND LAS VEGAS,
00:02:12WHICH IS WIDELY CONSIDERED THE
FRONT-RUNNER.
00:02:14JUST HOURS AFTER IT PASSED,
GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH
00:02:23SIGNED THE BUDGET.
THE STATE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET
00:02:29WILL PUT 160 MILLION DOLLARS
INTO LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
00:02:31IT ALSO DIRECTS HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SCHOOLS,
00:02:36COLLEGES, STATE OWNED
PROPERTIES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:02:38THIS NOVEMBER WILL MARK FIVE
YEARS SINCE OHIO VOTERS DECIDED
00:02:43TO PROVE -- TO APPROVE A BALLOT
ISSUE LEGALIZING CASINO
00:02:48GAMBLING.
THE $61 MILLION 2009 CAMPAIGN
00:02:57WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONE.
THE AMENDMENT ALLOWED DAN
00:03:07GILBERT, THE OWNER OF THE
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS, TO BUILD
00:03:10FOR CASINOS.
TWO FOR GILBERT'S COMPANY IN
00:03:18CLEVELAND AND CINCINNATI.
THE OWNER OF THE MOUNTAINEER
00:03:29CASINO IN WEST VIRGINIA AMONG
OTHER PROPERTIES -- THE PACKERS
00:03:32OF THE CASINO ISSUE OUTSPENT THE
OPPONENTS FOUR TO ONE.
00:03:34LAST ONE MARKED THE ONE-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FULL
00:03:39IMPLEMENTATION OF CASINO
GAMBLING IN OHIO.
00:03:41THE HORSESHOE PIT -- HORSESHOE
CINCINNATI CASINO WAS ONE OF THE
00:03:45LAST OPEN LAST MARCH.
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND COUNTY
00:03:52AND HOST CITIES, SCHOOL, LAW
ENFORCEMENT, PROBLEM GAMBLING,
00:03:57AND TWO COMMISSIONS THAT OVERSEE
CASINOS AND HORSE RACING.
00:03:59THE MONEY IS REPORTED MONTHLY
BUT IS DISTRIBUTED QUARTERLY.
00:04:02IN THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF
OPERATIONS, THE CASINOS REPORTED
00:04:09REVENUE JUST UNDER $138 MILLION.
THE MARCH NUMBERS ARE NOT IN
00:04:13YET.
THE ANNUAL NUMBER IS FAR SHORT
00:04:17OF THE $1.9 BILLION THAT WAS
PREDICTED IN 2009 BY THE
00:04:22DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION.
IT IS ALSO WELL BELOW THE 1.1
00:04:27BILLION DOLLAR REVENUE NUMBER
THAT WAS ESTIMATED FOR 2013 IN A
00:04:31COMMISSION BY GOVERNOR KASICH'S
OFFICE IN 2011.
00:04:33THE NUMBERS MAY NOT GET MUCH
BETTER THIS YEAR.
00:04:36THE NUMBERS WERE OFTEN JANUARY
AND FEBRUARY.
00:04:41IT WAS THE WORST MONTH IN THE
YEAR FOR HOLLYWOOD CASINOS.
00:04:46JANUARY WAS THE SECOND WORST
MONTH EVER FOR HORSESHOE
00:04:50CINCINNATI.
THE LOWEST REVENUE RECORDED WAS
00:04:55FOR HORSESHOE CLEVELAND, SINCE
IT OPENED IN MAY 2012.
00:04:57THE CASINO MISSION HAS NOTED
THAT THE TERRIBLE WEATHER THAT
00:05:02HIT OHIO THIS WINTER, WHICH
FORCED THE TEMPORARY CLOSING OF
00:05:07TOLEDO AND CLEVELAND CASINOS AND
KEPT A LOT OF WOULD -- A LOT OF
00:05:09WOULD BEGIN BOWLERS AWAY FROM
ALL FOUR FACILITIES.
00:05:12CASINOS ARE NOT THE ONLY PLACES
PEOPLE IN OHIO CAN GAMBLE.
00:05:16AT THE HORSE RAKING TRACKS --
HORSE RACING TRACKS, DIGITAL
00:05:22VIDEO --
GIVING OHIOANS 10,000 ELECTRONIC
00:05:31SLOT MACHINES TO PLAY ON, ALONG
WITH THE SLOTS AND TABLE TWO
00:05:34GAMES OF THE -- TABLE GAMES AT
THE FOR CASINOS.
00:05:38IT IS TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS
ABOUT HOW IT IS GOING IN OHIO
00:05:44AND SPECIFICALLY WHY THE INITIAL
PROJECTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN MET
00:05:46AND IF THEY HAVE A WILL.
I'M JOINED BY THE GENERAL
00:05:51MANAGER OF THE HOLLYWOOD CASINO
COLUMBUS.
00:05:53THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS
THAT OPPONENTS HAD DURING THE
00:06:02CAMPAIGN IN 2009 AND EVEN BEFORE
THAT ABOUT CRIME AND SOME OF THE
00:06:08SOCIAL ILLS THEY FEEL CASINO
GAMBLING WOULD BRING TO OHIO.
00:06:10TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THE
REALITY IS FOR YOU AS A CASINO
00:06:14MANAGER.
I KNOW YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK TO
00:06:20ONE.
>> THIS IS CLEARLY ONE OF THESE
00:06:24THEIR TACTICS USED BY THE
OPPONENTS OF GAMING.
00:06:27THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE IN EVERY
STATE WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING
00:06:29THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
IT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE IS
00:06:34REOPENED IN OCTOBER OF 2012.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAS BEEN
00:06:38OCCURRING IN THE WESTSIDE
COMMUNITY HERE, WHERE WE
00:06:44OPERATE, WE HAVE TRULY BECOME A
CATALYST FOR CHANGE.
00:06:46YOU CAN SEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS COMING ONLINE AND
00:06:49KICKING IN WITHIN A MILE RADIUS.
YOU CAN LOOK AT OTHER BUSINESSES
00:06:58AROUND THE CASINO.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE CHARITABLE
00:07:02PROGRAMS BEING GIVEN TO WESTSIDE
PROGRAMS.
00:07:06THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND.
IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE FOR
00:07:12CASINOS IN THE STATE OF OHIO YOU
WOULD FIND THE STORY IS VERY
00:07:14SIMILAR.
IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
00:07:20OPERATORS OF THE REGIONAL
CASINOS IN THE COUNTRY.
00:07:21THAT IS JUST NOT TRUE.
IF ANYTHING WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
00:07:31CONSISTENT IN BEING A CATALYST
FOR CHANGE.
00:07:32>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MONEY
AND THE JOBS, TWO BIG THINGS IN
00:07:36THE 2009 CAMPAIGN.
SO FAR IN 2012 AND 2013, A TOTAL
00:07:42OF -- WAS DISTRIBUTED TO A OHIO
CITIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES
00:07:48THROUGH THE CASINO FUND.
THAT IS WAY OFF FROM THE 643
00:07:53MILLION DOLLARS THAT HAD BEEN
FORECAST.
00:07:54YOU ARE ONLY IN CHARGE OF ONE
CASINO BUT THERE WAS AN ESTIMATE
00:07:58FROM THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF
TAXATION THAT THERE WOULD BE
00:08:01$1.9 BILLION OF REVENUE EACH
YEAR.
00:08:02IN THE LAST FULL YEAR, JUST
UNDER $839 MILLION HAS BEEN
00:08:09REPORTED EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T
HAVE MARCH'S NUMBERS YET.
00:08:12WHY ARE THESE NUMBERS SO LOW
COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL
00:08:17ESTIMATE?
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL ASPECTS.
00:08:19WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT
00:08:25WAS APPROVED BY THE REFERENDUM
ORDERS OF OHIO, THAT WAS BEFORE
00:08:292009 BEFORE ANY IDEA OF WHETHER
THE VEAL TEAS WILL EXIST -- THE
00:08:37VLT'S WILL EXIST AT THE
RACETRACKS.
00:08:41FOR HAVE STARTED IN THE RECENT
PAST.
00:08:49A FEW MORE COMING IN LINE THIS
YEAR.
00:08:50TWO OF WHICH ARE OUR OWNED
PROPERTIES.
00:08:58THAT IS WHERE YOUR ESTIMATES ARE
OFF BY SAYING HERE IS WHAT
00:09:05FOCUSING WOULD DO WITHOUT ANY
COMPETITION.
00:09:08WE HAVE A RACE-SINO THAT OPENED.
THE WASN'T IN THE 2000 NINE
00:09:27REFERENDUM.
THAT WAS ONE ASPECT OF THE
00:09:28STORY.
YOU LOOK AT TIME AND TIME AGAIN,
00:09:34AT EVERY STATE WHERE IT HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED, WE ARE IN THIS
00:09:42MENTAL MINDSET OF INSTANT
GRATIFICATION.
00:09:43THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
IF YOU LOOK AT ANY REGIONAL
00:09:48CYCLE OF DESTINATION SEE --
DESTINATION CASINOS, WE GO INTO
00:09:53A CYCLE.
WE HAD OVER 3.5 MILLION VISITORS
00:10:00AT THE COLUMBUS CASINO.
THINK ABOUT THAT GROWTH CYCLE,
00:10:06IT TAKES SEVERAL YEARS.
THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF RACE
00:10:09CASINOS, IT WILL BE THE END OF
2015.
00:10:16THAT IS WHEN WE CAN SAY THIS IS
OUR STARTING POINT.
00:10:17WE INVESTED $2 BILLION IN THE
PROP RECENT TOLEDO AND COLUMBUS.
00:10:29WE ARE ADDING ANOTHER INVESTMENT
THIS YEAR IN 2014 BY ADDING
00:10:37INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE CASINOS.
>> DURING THE CAMPAIGN THERE WAS
00:10:41TALK OF 34,000 JOBS, 12,000
PERMANENT JOBS.
00:10:44THE CASINOS ARE EMPLOYING 5800
FULL-TIME WORKERS.
00:10:50WHERE THOSE NUMBERS FALL OFF?
>> HAVE ADJUSTED OUR BUSINESS
00:11:02MODELS TO WHAT THE MARKET
DEMANDS WERE.
00:11:04YOU HAVE TO ALIGN YOUR EXPENSES
TO A POINT WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A
00:11:12SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL FOR
THE NEXT DECADE.
00:11:14IF YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE
EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS FROM DAY ONE
00:11:21WITHOUT THE EXPLICATION REVENUE,
THEN WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY
00:11:25BUSINESS TO MOVE FORWARD.
ONCE YOU ADJUST IT I CAN'T SAY
00:11:29ENOUGH THAT MOVING FORWARD THE
TRAJECTORY IS CLEARLY UP FOR IT.
00:11:31WHEN WE GROW THE MARKET, THE
PENETRATION IS IN EACH ONE OF
00:11:38THESE MARKETS.
EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS TEND TO
00:11:40TYPICALLY GROW.
>> THE RACE CASINOS THAT ARE
00:11:47OPEN RIGHT NOW, YOU SAID THAT AS
PART OF WHY THE NUMBERS HAVE
00:11:52BEEN OFF.
WON'T THAT MAKE YOUR NUMBERS
00:11:53WORSE?
>> IT DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION.
00:11:57THERE ARE MARKETS WERE YOU CAN
SAY YOU HAVE HAD MULTIPLE
00:12:01PROPERTIES IN ONE REGION.
WE ONLY HAD TO RIVAL BUSINESS
00:12:08MODELS.
ALONG WITH THE SEVEN PROPERTIES
00:12:13WE HAVE, -- I THINK THE
LEGISLATURE WAS VERY SMART AND
00:12:20APPROVING THE LOCATION OF THE
CASINOS, INCLUDING THE TWO
00:12:22RACETRACKS WE OWN.
WE HAVE REGIONS WHERE MARKETS
00:12:29WERE UNDERSERVED.
THIS IS WHERE THE GAMING
00:12:32SUPPLIES ARE GOING.
ONE EXAMPLE IN ADAM POUND
00:12:37ANOTHER IN DAYTON.
IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN TOLEDO
00:12:43COLUMBUS BEING UNDERSERVED
MARKETS.
00:12:44>> THE THOUGHT IS THAT THE
CASINO BUSINESS WILL CONTINUE TO
00:12:47GO UP, AND EVEN AS MORE RACING
CASINOS OPEN.
00:12:51>> YOU COULD SAY THAT FOR THE
FIRST YEAR OR TWO.
00:12:55EVERYBODY FINE-TUNES THEIR
OPERATION.
00:12:59I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC FROM THE 20
YEAR TRANSIT WE HAVE SEEN
00:13:04THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THIS
INDUSTRY IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
00:13:06GROW.
MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY BECOME
00:13:12MORE AND MORE PREDICTABLE ON NOT
ONLY TAX REVENUES BUT ALSO THE
00:13:18SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
00:13:24OVERALL CLAIM OPPONENTS OF
INDUSTRIES HAVE SAID IN OHIO.
00:13:26THEY FEEL THAT ENOUGH MONEY WAS
THROWN AT IT.
00:13:32THAT IS WHY THE CAMPAIGN HAD ALL
THESE INFLATED NUMBERS.
00:13:35I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
THE IDEA THAT THE CASINO
00:13:43INDUSTRY BROUGHT ITS WAY INTO
THE OHIO CONSTITUTION --
00:13:47>> YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS MORE
THAN ANYONE.
00:13:49THAT IS NOT TRUE, MONEY DOESN'T
BUY YOU ANYTHING PRE-AND THE
00:13:59FIRST TWO REFERENDUMS WOULD HAVE
PASSED.
00:14:01THAT IS THE REALITY NOT ONLY IN
THE STATE OF OHIO BUT THROUGHOUT
00:14:03THE COUNTRY.
ON THE STATE LEVEL AND NATURAL
00:14:08LEVEL -- AND NATIONAL LEVEL, I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN EXAMPLE
00:14:12WHERE MONEY BUYS EVERYTHING WHEN
IT COMES TO PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AND
00:14:20WHAT IS IMPACTING THEIR OWN HOST
COMMUNITY.
00:14:21>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
00:14:23WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> WITH THE OPPOSING GROUP ON
00:14:37GAMBLING -- VICE PRESIDENT ROB
IS OUTSPOKEN ON THE ISSUE OF
00:14:44GAMBLING AND PARTICULARLY ON ITS
PLACE IN THE OHIO CONSTITUTION.
00:14:47YOU AND OTHER ACTIVISTS WARNED
BEFORE THE CASINO ISSUE WAS
00:14:53VOTED ON IN 2009 THAT THERE
WOULD BE LOTS OF CRIME NEAR THE
00:14:57CASINOS THEMSELVES.
THERE WOULD BE WIDESPREAD
00:14:59GAMBLING PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT
OHIO.
00:15:01IT WOULD BE BROKEN FAMILIES AND
SHATTERED LIVES.
00:15:02THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE THE
CASE.
00:15:04>> THERE HAS BEEN SOME ISOLATED
INCIDENTS.
00:15:07ONE THING WE HAVE ALWAYS FOCUSED
ON IS WE LOOKED AT THE
00:15:12INDIVIDUAL PROPOSAL.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF
00:15:15IT AND HOW IT WAS A BAD -- BAD
DEAL FOR OHIOANS OVER ALL.
00:15:18>> AS YOU LOOK AT THE CASINOS,
WHAT WAS SO BAD ABOUT IT YET
00:15:24THOUGH >> WE LISTEN TO THE $43
MILLION PACKAGE THAT THEY THREW
00:15:30IN FRONT OF US AND RAN DOWN OUR
THROATS.
00:15:32WE TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBERS.
WE STUDIED THIS THROUGHOUT THE
00:15:37COUNTRY.
WE KNEW THE REVENUE DID NOT OUT
00:15:42UP AND THE TAX MONEY THEY WERE
GUARANTEEING TO CITIES AND
00:15:47COMMUNITIES AND COUNTIES JUST
DID NOT ADD UP AND MAKE SENSE.
00:15:50WE KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY THEY
COULD HIT THEIR NUMBERS.
00:15:52TO THEM IT DIDN'T MATTER.
THEY KNEW THERE WAS NO
00:15:57ACCOUNTABILITY CLAUSE IN THIS.
THEY KNEW IF THEY COULD LEGALLY
00:16:01BUY A PIECE OF THE OHIO
CONSTITUTION.
00:16:02AT THE END OF THE DAY IT DIDN'T
MATTER.
00:16:06THEY HAD THEIR BUSINESS PLAN
IMPLEMENTED.
00:16:09>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS
AND THE JOBS.
00:16:14A TOTAL OF 384 MILLION DOLLARS
WAS DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNTIES
00:16:22AND SCHOOLS IN 2012 AND 2013.
THERE WERE 68 POINT $7 MILLION
00:16:30THAT WENT OUT FROM CASINO
REVENUES, WHICH INCLUDE CITIES,
00:16:36SCHOOLS, LAW ENFORCEMENT,
PROBLEM GAMBLING, AND THE TWO
00:16:39CONDITIONS THAT OVERSEE CASINOS
AND HORSE RACING TRACKS.
00:16:41THIS IS MONEY THAT THESE
ENTITIES WOULD NOT HAVE HAD
00:16:47ANYWAY, ESPECIALLY LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOLS SAYING
00:16:49THIS IS MONEY WE WOULD NOT HAVE
HAD IF IT HADN'T BEEN --
00:16:51>> YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
BIG PICTURE AND THE TAX
00:16:56STRUCTURE ALL AROUND.
OHIOANS ARE GOING TO PLACES
00:17:00PENDING MONEY.
THEY ARE NOT SPENDING MONEY IN
00:17:04OTHER LOCALES.
THE GAMBLING MONEY THAT GOES TO
00:17:07EDUCATION -- OTHER TAX BASES ARE
GOING TO DROP BECAUSE YOU CAN'T
00:17:14GO OUT AND SPEND MONEY AT THE
CASINO AND THEN GO BUY A NEW CAR
00:17:18.
THAT MONEY IS NOT GOING TO BE
00:17:19RECYCLABLE.
THAT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE
00:17:25AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY PROMISED IN
THE GUARANTEE.
00:17:27I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO
LOOK AT.
00:17:30CAN THESE PEOPLE BE TRUSTED?
HOW MUCH MONEY DID THEY PROMISE?
00:17:31I THINK IT IS ROUGHLY 43% OF THE
MONEY THEY GUARANTEE THAT THEY
00:17:39PROMISED.
I HAVE AN AD FROM 2009 THAT SAYS
00:17:45THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP $1 BILLION
INSIDE OHIO.
00:17:48HOW ARE THEY GOING TO KEEP ONE
BILLION OF THE MONEY THAT HAS
00:17:55BEEN SPENT OUTSIDE OF OHIO?
WHY DID THEY LIE TO THE PEOPLE
00:18:00OF OHIO?
THEY KNEW THERE WOULD BE NO
00:18:03ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY KNEW WE COULD TALK ALL WE
00:18:05WANT AND SAY THEY MISS REZA --
MISREPRESENTED THE NUMBERS.
00:18:09THEY ARE EMBEDDED IN THE OHIO
CONSTITUTION.
00:18:13HOWEVER WE HAVE SEEN THIS
ADMINISTRATION PLAY LOOSELY WITH
00:18:21THE OHIO CONSTITUTION AND GO
AROUND SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE AND
00:18:25WORKING TO GET THEIR WAY.
>> I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE JOBS
00:18:30IN A MINUTE BUT I DO WANT TO
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS HERE.
00:18:32THE CASINO INDUSTRY HAS ALWAYS
SAID THE NUMBERS IN OHIO HAS
00:18:36CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE LP.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE VL TEASE
00:18:44-- THE VLT'S, WE DON'T HAVE ALL
OF THEM UP AND RUNNING.
00:18:50IF THAT IS THE CASE, IF THEY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT SLOT MACHINES AT
00:18:55RACETRACKS THAN THEY ARE GOING
TO HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WHEN THEY
00:18:59ALL GO ONLINE.
WE HAVE A LAWSUIT COMING UP AND
00:19:03RUNNING.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE NEXT
00:19:08ADMINISTRATION OR NEXT GOVERNOR
SAYS LET'S LOOK AT THIS LOTTERY
00:19:10PROPOSAL?
HOW IS IT FAIR TO ALLOW GOVERNOR
00:19:16KASICH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION TO
PICK THE WINNERS AND LOSERS AND
00:19:20SAY WE ARE ONLY GOING TO ALLOW
SLOT MACHINES AT RACETRACKS.
00:19:22LET'S PUT THEM EVERYWHERE.
WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO YET
00:19:28THOUGH >> A LOT OF CHEATED
VOTERS MAY SAY NOBODY KEEPS
00:19:35THEIR CAMPAIGN PROMISES.
>> I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING
00:19:43WHEN IT COMES TO THIS CAMPAIGN
PROMISE AND THE THING WE TRY TO
00:19:46REMIND PEOPLE IS WE ARE DEALING
WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
00:19:49STATE OF OHIO.
THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
00:19:52GAMBLING.
IT IS TOTALLY ABOUT THE RULE OF
00:19:54LAW.
IT IS NOT A TOY.
00:19:59WE DON'T THINK ANYONE'S BUSINESS
PLAN HAS THE RIGHT TO BE
00:20:00EMBEDDED IN THE CONSTITUTION.
THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER
00:20:03BUSINESSES THAT SAY LOOK AT WE
GET INTO THOUSAND NINE.
00:20:08THEY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TO
MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR
00:20:13THEMSELVES.
COULD WE DO THAT ON ANOTHER
00:20:16ISSUE?
>> CARE TO MAKE A PREDICTION?
00:20:21>> I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT.
00:20:25IT WAS A BAD DEAL FOR OHIOANS.
IT WAS NOT A BAD DEAL FOR CASINO
00:20:34OIL DEV CASINO OWNERS.
SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES -- FOR
00:20:44CASINO OWNERS.
THAT IS WHY HE WENT BEHIND
00:20:49CLOSED DOORS AND DID THE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO
00:20:52TRY TO GET MORE MONEY FOR OHIO.
THE PROBLEM IS WE THINK THAT WAS
00:20:55ILLEGAL AS WELL.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT CANNOT CAN'T
00:20:58GO AROUND THE CONSTITUTION.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING OUT
00:21:00THE SITUATION.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:21:01THE OHIO ROUNDTABLE AND LIBERAL
COALITION ARE WAITING ON A
00:21:08RULING FROM THE OHIO SUPREME
COURT ON THEIR CHALLENGING OF
00:21:12THE LEGALITY OF HORSERACING
TRACKS.
00:21:13A DEAL MADE BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR
AND GAMING INTERESTS, WHICH THEY
00:21:19SAY NEEDED VOTER APPROVAL.
THEY SAY THE GROUPS DO NOT HAVE
00:21:23THE LEGAL STANDING TO SUE.
IT IS ALSO THE KEY ISSUE IN THE
00:21:26LAWSUITS THESE GROUPS HAVE FILED
AGAINST JOBS OHIO.
00:21:29GAMBLING GOES ON.
A STUDY IN LATE 2012, JUST
00:21:34BEFORE THE HOLLYWOOD COLUMBUS
CASINO OPENED SHOWED THERE WAS
00:21:37AN ESTIMATED 250,000 OHIOANS
WITH CAMPING PROBLEMS.
00:21:39GAMING EDITION HAD CASINO
OPPONENTS VERY WORRIED BACK IN
00:21:462009 DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
THEY RECRUITED A FORMER
00:21:53QUARTERBACK TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT
HIS WELL-DOCUMENTED GAMBLING
00:21:55PROBLEM.
THEY PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
00:22:03FOR COLLEGE AND NFL GAME TICKETS
THAT WERE NEVER DELIVERED.
00:22:05TWO PERCENT OF CASINO TAX
REVENUES GO TO THE STATE'S
00:22:09PROBLEM GAMBLERS FUN.
A COALITION OF STATE AGENCIES IS
00:22:13TRYING TO STOP A PARTICULAR
GROUP OF POTENTIAL GAMBLERS FROM
00:22:16NEEDING HELP WITH AN UNUSUAL
CAMPAIGN.
00:22:17YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE BILLBOARDS
AND POP-UPS ONLINE.
00:22:21THEIR EYE-CATCHING AND
ATTENTION-GETTING.
00:22:23THE BILLBOARDS ARE BRIGHTLY --
BRIGHT YELLOW.
00:22:27HIM A GUY IN A CROP TOP AND
SHORTS STANDING ON A RESTAURANT
00:22:34TABLE, A MAN DRESSED AS A DOG IN
AN ELEVATOR.
00:22:37THEY FEATURE THE WEB ADDRESS --
TURNS OUT THE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
00:22:44BY THE OHIO LOTTERY COMMISSION,
THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
00:22:47AND ADDICTION SERVICES, THE
CASINO CONTROL THE MATURE MIND
00:22:50YOUNG MEN IN PARTICULAR ABOUT
THE DANGERS OF PROBLEM GAMBLERS.
00:22:55I TALK WITH CINDY ABOUT THE
CAMPAIGN.
00:23:00WHY THIS KIND OF STEALTH
CAMPAIGN SEEMS TO POKE FUN WHEN
00:23:07YOU'RE MAKING A'S -- WHEN YOU
ARE TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE
00:23:12ABOUT A SERIOUS PROBLEM OF
GAMBLING.
00:23:13>> WE DETERMINED THROUGH THAT
RESEARCH THAT THE AGE GROUP OF
00:23:1918 TO 24-YEAR-OLDS, NOT GOING TO
COLLEGE, WERE THE MOST
00:23:26VULNERABLE POPULATION WHEN IT
CAME TO NOT HAVING ANY AWARENESS
00:23:32OF WHAT PROBLEM CAMPING REALLY
IS AND IF THEY COULD BE AT RISK,
00:23:33WHICH THEY INDEED ARE.
THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE TOLD WHAT
00:23:38TO DO.
THEY DON'T WANT A FINGER WAGGING
00:23:40IN THEIR FACE.
THAT IS WHAT THE RESEARCH TOLD
00:23:42US.
THE CAMPAIGN IS A WEEK TO
00:23:46REDIRECT THEM AND GET THEM TO
HAVE AN OFF MOMENT AND THEN COME
00:23:54TO OUR WEBSITE AND SEE VERY
CLEARLY THE WARNING SIGNS, WHICH
00:23:58ARE BOLD WHEN YOU GET THERE.
YOU'RE GETTING HUMOR, YOU'RE
00:24:01GETTING INFORMATION, YOU ARE
GETTING MEDICINE WITH A DOSE OF
00:24:07SAUCE.
>> ALL FOUR CASINOS ARE OPEN.
00:24:08WE ARE MARKING THE ONE-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FINAL CASINO,
00:24:13THE ONE IN CINCINNATI, OPENING
LAST MARCH.
00:24:14WE HAVE FOR RACETRACKS OPEN.
WHAT IS THE STATE OF PROBLEM
00:24:20GAMBLING IN OHIO?
HAS THERE BEEN A DRAMATIC
00:24:23INCREASE WITH THE DRAMATIC
INCREASE OF DOUBLING
00:24:26OPPORTUNITY?
>> IS TOO EARLY TO GIVE A
00:24:30CREDIBLE ANSWER ON THAT.
I THINK WE NEED ABOUT A YEAR AND
00:24:32A HALF UNDER OUR BELT TO GET --
TO SEE WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IT
00:24:36HAS HAD.
I THINK OUR TENT AS A CONSORTIUM
00:24:43SEES IT AS TO STAVE OFF THE
PROBLEM BEFORE IT BECOMES A
00:24:46PROBLEM FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT PROBLEM GAMBLING
00:24:52WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND.
WE HAVE HAD GIVEN IN THIS
00:24:55COUNTRY FOR MANY MANY YEARS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND A PLACE TO
00:24:59DO IT.
IT IS ONE PERCENT OF THE
00:25:02POPULACE BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE
IT ANY LESS IMPORTANT TO US.
00:25:04>> ONE POINT $5 MILLION CAMPAIGN
HAS BROUGHT IN MORE THAN 41,000
00:25:09UNIQUE VISITORS TO THE WEBSITE.
IT HAS GENERATED MORE THAN 100
00:25:14ANONYMOUS E-MAILS WITH A 67%
OPEN RATE.
00:25:1520 THREE PERCENT OF THOSE CLICK
THROUGH TO THE WEBSITE.
00:25:20BOTH OF THOSE ARE CONSIDERED
VERY SUCCESSFUL.
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