A new poll shows that more than half of Ohioans support a proposal to build a casino in southwest Ohio between Columbus and Cincinnati.
The poll conducted by The Columbus Dispatch found that 53 percent said they either strongly favor or favor the $600 million casino and resort, which would be built near the city of Wilmington.
Thirty-seven percent said they either oppose or strongly oppose the idea.
Casino backers have turned in more than 760,000 petition signatures to Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner in an attempt to place the casino proposal on the November ballot.
The Dispatch's poll of 2,102 registered voters was conducted between Aug. 12 and Thursday. The poll has a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points.
