The Islamic Republic of Ohio

Ted Strickland just signed anti gambling legislation this morning banning electronic skill games that pay off. There's an estimated 50,000 of these machines in the state.

To quote Strickland

“They do not want an expansion of gambling in their state. I appreciate the General Assembly taking quick action to get these machines out of our state and out of our communities.”

Funny, I go to a lot of bars and I couldn't tell you if any of those bars have any of these machines. How much of a problem could they have been?

Isn't there a certain irony about a state that bans gambling because of it's potential social ills, yet runs a gambling monopoly called the Ohio Lottery.