When the Supreme Court opened the floodgates for state-by-state legalized sports betting, the waters (and the money) flowed to most American states. The governor of one state that embraced wagering on sports wishes it hadn’t.

Governor Mike DeWine recently told the Associated Press that he “ absolutely ” regrets the law that allowed sports betting in Ohio.

“Look, we’ve always had gambling, we’re always going to have gambling,” DeWine said. “But just the power of these companies and the deep, deep, deep pockets they have to advertise and do everything they can to get someone to place that bet is really different once you have legalization of them.”

He’s right. In the pre-2018 days, people who wanted to bet had to be willing to “break the law.” They had to find a bookie. They had to, i

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