Keep Player Prop Bets in Ohio

Governor DeWine,

As a registered voter in Ohio, I was one of many to vote on the bill that legalized sports gambling in our great state. It has come to our attention that you are seeking to end betting on player props after a pair of alleged incidents took place this summer. Circumstantial evidence is what led to the investigations on these two athletes and ultimately this is the driving force for your newfound plan to end Player Prop betting. Instead of doing anything that would actually deter athletes from breaking “the integrity of the game”, you simply will be punishing the great people of Ohio as a whole. The state will miss out on significant tax revenue from the hundreds of millions of dollars from bets wagered on player props. This will not only infuriate the residents in Ohio who partake in sports gambling, but also the everyday people who benefit from the state money generated from the player prop wagers. Surrounding states do not plan on ending player prop wagers which will not even deter the bad apples from being bad apples. It is your duty to carry out the wishes of the people who voted you into office. You have an obligation to do what’s best for our great state. The people have already spoken and going against what we already voted into place would be completely against everything we believe in as proud democratic Ohioans.