Guardians, Cavaliers, Northfield Park approved for sports gambling

When it comes to sports gambling, the Cleveland Guardians and the Cavaliers are in the game — officially.The Cleveland Guardians Baseball Co. LLC, ...

September 23, 2022
3:16 AM

When it comes to sports gambling, the Cleveland Guardians and the Cavaliers are in the game — officially.The Cleveland Guardians Baseball Co. LLC, the Cavaliers Operating Co. LLC and Northfield Park Associates LLC received approval for Type A (mobile) and Type B (brick-and-mortar sportsbook) sports gaming proprietor licenses at the Ohio Casino Control Commission's (OCCC) meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 21. All three will be able to offer sports betting when it becomes legal in Ohio on Jan. 1, 2023.The Cleveland Browns, the downtown JACK casino and the JACK Thistledown racino received Type A and Type B approval at an OCCC meeting earlier this month.

Joe Scalzo