Agreement would legalize video lottery terminals in Ohio

Austintown

The chances that Penn National Gaming will relocate a $200 million racino project from Toledo to Austintown have improved thanks to an agreement between Gov. John Kasich’s office and Rock Ohio Ceasars, LLC to legalize video lottery terminals in Ohio.

The agreement said the state would “consider transferring horse racing permits from current track locations to new locations, including locations in the Dayton and Youngstown areas, at a later date.”

Penn National said previously that it would only relocate its Toledo track to the Centrepointe Development in Austintown if VLTs were made legal.

That project could bring $200 million in development and more than 1,000 jobs to the Valley.

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