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At times when school levies and property tax relief are hot-button political issues, a persistent myth about Ohio Lottery profits and education tends to resurface. One listener asked 星空无限传媒鈥檚 "Curious Cbus," 鈥淲asn鈥檛 the state lottery supposed to replace property taxes as a method of school financing?鈥�

The Problem Gambling Addiction Program will begin screening for candidates Oct. 17.

The state stands to gain millions of dollars in taxes if the winner lives in Ohio.

On the same day the Republican-dominated Ohio House voted for a resolution to put Canada on the religious freedom watch list, the Ohio Senate passed a bill that critics say could give a lucrative deal to a Canadian business to run the state鈥檚 lottery.

Lawmakers are set to meet Wednesday to hammer out their differences over a bill to legalize sports gambling in Ohio. The two Democrats running for governor said they鈥檙e concerned about not only what the bill will include, but also the process they say Republicans are using to get that bill passed.

Ohio's professional sports teams are calling on legislators to break the log jam in the debate over legalizing sports betting before they go on summer break.

A coalition of bowling alleys, bars and other businesses that sell lottery games and mayors is pushing back and rejecting any plan to allow Ohio鈥檚 four casinos to control sports gambling in the state. This comes as a proposal on sports gambling is set to come out of the Ohio Senate soon.

State lawmakers are still considering how to regulate sports gambling in Ohio. However, one Republican state senator says sports betting isn鈥檛 going to鈥�

Ohio鈥檚 casinos have been closed for almost two weeks, and it's been a week since bars were shut down, including those offering Keno. Ohio Lottery tickets鈥�

There are two bipartisan bills that will decide how sports gaming would be overseen by the state. But there鈥檚 also a debate over where it will happen 鈥�...