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Ohio pro-casino marketing ads launched5 May 2008COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As reported by the Associated Press: "Backers of the latest attempt to bring a casino to Ohio are trying a new marketing approach: glitz, local government payouts and inevitability. "Two ads for the $600 million casino proposed for the November ballot have been running. One shows a map with a blackened Ohio surrounded by colorful states that either have casinos or are considering legislation authorizing them. "...The other shows actress Vicki Lawrence in her 'Mama's Family' garb pointing to an Ohio map and saying, 'What's missing? A casino.' "The ads are designed to help a campaign to collect 402,275 valid signatures of Ohio voters to get the issue on the ballot. If successful, the issue would allow the construction of the casino in Clinton County about 45 miles north of Cincinnati..." |