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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Governor Strickland says the state will begin state-run video Keno gambling in an effort to deal with a budget shortfall that could total nearly 2 billion dollars by June 2009. His plan anticipates 73 million dollars in new revenue from an expansion of the lottery that includes a video version of Keno. The game will be offered in bars and other age-controlled venues around the state. The governor says he distinguishes the new games from the video gambling machines outlawed last year because they will be "state-monitored, state-controlled and state-regulated." Senator George Voinovich, a former Republican governor, says the proposal goes against the wishes of Ohioans who have voted against expanded gambling proposals three times. Copyright 2008 by the Ohio News Network and the Associated Press.
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