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This week on "The State of Ohio": The budget is on its way to a committee that will hammer out the differences before the end of the month deadline. But there are serious issues on both sides that could slow down the talks. A billion dollars is headed back to Ohio employers who paid into the states Bureau of Workers' Comp program. But a critic says the BWC has an outstanding bill that remains unpaid. And more on how Ohio's poorest people are surviving the rising costs of a basic existence.
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| AG, lawmakers want another crackdown on so-called "skill games". |
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By Bill Cohen - March 17, 2011 |
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Ohio has seen an explosion in the number of electronic game machines that offer prizes, popping up in malls, storefronts, gas stations, carry-outs, and arcades. About five years ago, state legislators charged they were basically slot machines and tried to crack down on them, but now, some of the machines have changed their names and their styles to get around the new rules. That’s why Ohio’s attorney general and some lawmakers are proposing a second crackdown. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen files this report. |
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Bill Cohen reports (3:58) 
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