Ohio Lottery Commission

Sen. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) wants to know if political influence was involved in awarding a pending contract to a Canada-based company to run Ohio’s iLottery games, claims the commission called "completely inaccurate."

On the same day the Republican-dominated Ohio House voted for a resolution to put Canada on the religious freedom watch list, the Ohio Senate passed a bill that critics say could give a lucrative deal to a Canadian business to run the state’s lottery.

A committee of Ohio House and Senate members that is considering the legislation has reached a sticking point.

The House has overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill allowing sports gambling , under control of the Ohio Lottery Commission. But there could be a...