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Ohio House votes to ban gaming machines

"The bill would ban cash payouts from the games, or ban any tournament, including those for Golden Tee machines, darts or pool, where the house takes a cut of the proceeds. Banning tournament play, Speaker Jon Husted said, was necessary to avoid the next generation of games, where machine manufacturers get around the law by calling the games tournaments.

"...Passing 82-13, the bill now heads to the Senate, where President Bill M. Harris, R-Ashland, has expressed support for the measure.

"...Courts have thus far allowed the so-called skill-based games to remain in operation. Tens of thousands are now played at locations including parlors, bars and horse racing tracks across Ohio..."

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