Ohio is the 7th largest state in the country and has a 2021 population of 11,750,000 people. Making it when sports betting is approved in 2022 that it will be one of the biggest sports gambling markets in the country. As Florida recently saw sports betting approved and then closed again as the Seminole Indians battle it out with Fan Duel and Draft Kings Ohio may be the king of sports betting as Texas & California lag and New York cedes the cities bets to nearby New Jersey.
So what cities are going to gain the most from sports betting in Ohio? Well the biggest cities of Cleveland who have die hard fans and Columbus home of The Ohio State University will greatly benefit as you easily have over 2.1 million people tuned in to watch and support big Ohio State games. So now imagine how many of them can go into the stadium and bet on those games? On top of that you have Progressive Field who will ultimately have betting at the baseball stadium for the former Cleveland Indians (Guardians).
While Franklin county is the biggest population Cincinnati in the south of the state where they border Kentucky has a ton of potential of cross border sports bettors followed by Toledo, Akron, and Dayton all huge sports fans throughout the state who will be betting big on the Cavaliers, Bengals, Browns, Reds, OSU, and all of the other great sports available to watch and soon to bet on in the state.