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No name for cheating at Ohio casinos

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TOLEDO, Ohio -

The Ohio Casino Commission are all in when it comes to cheating.

There's a punishment for it, just not a name for the offense. There's been more than a dozen cases of cheating since the Toledo Hollywood Casino opened. Two Toledo men were indicted by a Lucas County grand jury Wednesday on felony charges they cheated back in July.

"The offense exists, it has been defined by the legislature, it's been given a section number and a penalty, the only thing that they haven't come up with yet is a particular name for that offense," says Jeff Lingo, Lucas County Prosecutors Office

Officials say one man doubled a wager at the blackjack table after he had already won the hand. The other allegedly pulled back a bet after he lost. But we've learned the felony charges the two men face go nameless. Officials with the Ohio Gaming Commission tell us the felony charge is still "unnamed" because Ohio's casinos are so new.

"If you tried to go in and find 3722.99(E)(8) it wouldn't be there so in order to name them in their indictment, they named it an unnamed casino felony offense," Says Karen Huey, Ohio Gaming Commission

 The two men facing felony charges were caught cheating through surveillance cameras. The two men charged in the "unnamed" casino felony offense face up to one year in prison if convicted.

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