COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine said Monday he is holding off for now on seeking a statewide ban of “microprop” bets, as Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is working with the nation’s five other major professional sports leagues to collectively seek such a ban in all 50 states.

But DeWine, in an interview, said he’s “not going to wait much longer” for the leagues -- which also include the NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL and Major League Soccer -- to take action against such bets, which have been at the center of recent MLB and NBA gambling scandals.

“Everybody who kind of looks at this objectively, I think, agrees that these (‘microprop’ bets) are just inherently a problem,” the governor said.

In early August, DeWine called for the Ohio Casino Control Commission to ban all proposit

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