Ohio: Promises, Promises

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GAMBLING: Casino not quite equaling the hype

But Horseshoe's proponents say city and region have benefited greatly

 

By JAY MILLER
4:30 am, June 16, 2013

 

It costs more to park, and it's harder to find a vacant on-street parking space in the blocks around Public Square. So yes, the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland is having an impact on downtown Cleveland.

But is the casino living up to the hype that supporters blitzed the airwaves with in 2009 when they convinced Ohio voters to approve casino gambling? Probably not yet, and maybe it never will. In part, ...

In part, that's because nothing could live up to the marketing hard-sell that pummeled voters back then, when estimates of the annual gambling take from a Cleveland casino were as high as $600 million annually — one-third of which would come back as ...

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