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Liquor and Legislators Don't Mix On Casino Rules

Ohio voters last November approved a constitutional amendment authorizing full-scale gambling casinos in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo. But now, it's up to state legislators to draw up the RULES the casinos will have to live by. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has learned that the casino developers are negotiating behind the scenes to relax the LIQUOR rules that would govern them...and that is sparking some controversy.

Rick Jackson is a senior host and producer at Ideastream Public Media. He hosts the "Sound of Ideas" on WKSU and "NewsDepth" on WVIZ.