The participation of the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League Super Bowl should be a bonanza for the state’s top retail sports wagering location at Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg. With Ohio not yet ready to roll out its new sports wagering framework (but the idea in the frontal lobes of Bengals fans, whose team had not won a playoff game February 4, 2022, in 31 years before last month) and the Lawrenceburg brick and mortar facility their only opportunity to legally bet on the orange and black within a reasonable drive (fans could also hit the Winners Circle Clarksville or the Winners Circle New Haven/Fort Wayne), expect to see a strong growth in January and early February handle at Hollywood from cash flowing in across the border, even as national money favors the Los Angeles Rams. HCL Should also have already enjoyed a January bounce in handle from the early January appearance of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats in the College Football Championship game in Indianapolis.
