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Casino fees to fund 3500 scholarships

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Casino license fees could help create an addition 3500 scholarships for Ohio college students at the start of 2013.

Twenty-three Ohio colleges and universities will receive money to award grants. Schools hope that money will be a way to make up for lost state funding.

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