Tag: off track betting

City of Mansfield proclaims “Problem Gambling Awareness Month”

MANSFIELD — On Friday, Mansfield Mayor Timothy Theaker signed a proclamation declaring March as “Problem Gambling Awareness Month.” Presenting the proclamation to Reverend Denny Finnegan and Reverend Floyd Allen, Theaker’s proclamation stated that “the social costs of problem gambling are about $7 billion per year in the United States from

82 local pastors oppose state casino gambling issue

MANSFIELD — After successfully preventing local gambling venues from coming to town in recent years, ‘all bets are off’ as a group of Richland County pastors are now speaking out against a state gambling proposal. A group of clergy representing eighty-two churches publicly announced their opposition to State Issue 6.