Gov. Mike DeWine has been battling to ban micro proposition or prop bets, which are wagers on one-off actions athletes take during a game, which settle as soon as a play is over. DeWine – who’s long been concerned about gambling and is a part owner of a minor league baseball team – has been holding off on demanding state action on those bets for now.

DeWine said he spoke with Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manford when the Cincinnati Reds played the Atlanta Braves at the MLB Speedway Classic in Bristol, TN in August. DeWine said Manford agrees with him that big-money micro prop bets are a bad idea. And he said the MLB is close to a deal with the sports gambling operators to block them.

“It looks like they have an agreement with all the sports gaming companies except one. And they

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