Lawmakers discuss expanding Ohio gambling laws to phones

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An expansion to different types of gambling could soon be coming in Ohio.

“Gaming is going to be expanded,” Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) said. “I mean, to think that we’re somehow going to go back to the puritan age where gambling is not prevalent in Ohio is foolishness.”

Throughout the spring, lawmakers like DeMora sat on a study commission for the "future of gambling in Ohio." They released their recommendations and findings last month and now the co-chair of the commission, Rep.