""Look, we've always had gambling, we're always going to have gambling," DeWine told The Associated Press last week. "But just the power of these companies and the deep, deep, deep pockets they have to advertise and do everything they can to get someone to place that bet is really different once you have legalization of them.""
""Gov. DeWine really did a huge service, I think - to us, certainly, I can't speak for any of the other sports - in terms of kind of bringing forward the need to do something in this area," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters last week."
""Ohio shouldn't have done it," he said."
Mike DeWine would not have signed the law that legalized sports betting in Ohio. Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers and an Ohio-born guard for the Miami Heat are snared in separate betting-related criminal probes. DeWine now absolutely regrets unleashing the industry and cites the power of betting companies and their deep pockets for advertising and inducement. Legalization unleashed a massive industry and a wave of investigations and arrests tied to allegations of rigged games. DeWine helped negotiate with Major League Baseball and authorized gaming operators to cap prop bets on individual pitches at $200 and exclude them from parlays. The deal followed indictments of Guardians pitchers Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase, who pleaded not guilty.
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