On Tuesday (18 June) morning the Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC) continued to refine its rules, approving a change to its advertising and promotional rules and expanding the scope of what integrity monitors may do. At about the same time, Michigan regulators said they weren't “trying to shut down” amusement businesses.
Both of Ohio’s amended rules must still go through the state’s Common-Sense Initiative office and the legislative Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review. The proposals would go before the OCCC again later this year before final approval.
In Ohio, which already has some of the most stringent advertising and marketing rules, the OCCC voted to ban gambling companies from offering promotions as part of a “non-gaming, consumer transaction”. The prohibition would apply to consumers under the age of 21, the legal age for gambling.
This would mean, for example, that a company like Fanatics Sportsbook could not offer promotions to a high-school aged customer buyin..
