The Ohio Casino Control Commission announced the 30-day window for sports betting license applications will begin June 15. The first application window will be for proprietors that want to launch sports betting on the universal start date, unknown for now, when all licensees will go live. After that window closes, the OCCC will process applications from prospective proprietors as they are received. Observers said it could take the OCCC between 60 and 90 days to approve applications.
Public comment recently closed on draft applications issued by the OCCC. The applications will be available to operators June 1. The OCCC will take applications for 25 Type A licenses, which allow retail and digital wagering at sports arenas and casinos; the application fee is $150,000. Forty Type B licenses, allowing wagering at brick-and-mortar facilities only, will have a $20,000 application fee.
Type A, B and C proprietors, first-designated mobile management service providers, management service providers and suppliers may apply during the June 15 to July 15 window. A second window for Type C sports gaming hosts and second-designated MMSPs will be open between July 15 and August 15.
Under Ohio’s sports betting law, the OCCC must launch wagering by January 1 of next year.
