Cool! NBA Owner Once a Bookie Busted By Police

The state of Ohio soon faces a vote on whether to legalize full-fledged, Vegas-style casinos, and one of the leading proponents of “Ballot Measure 3″ is Cleveland Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert. If the proposition passes, Gilbert will own downtown casinos in Cincinnati and Cleveland, raking in hundreds of millions each year.

Dan Gilbert

(Brah, get some rest)

But the idea has plenty of detractors. Detractors who have dredged up an ugly episode from Gilbert’s college days at Michigan State.

Are casinos just what Ohio needs to revitalize the state’s urban cores?

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