Kentucky racetracks could be next in line to reap the rewards of alternative gaming after a Bill was passed to allow “electronic games of skill” to be installed
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House Bill 601, which was filed earlier this week by Rep. Harry Moberly, could generate more than $28 million for purses and more than $3 million for purse supplements.
"It's one last effort this session to help the horse industry in this state," Moberly said. "We think that because these are much more like video games that they would be much more acceptable to people than just pure games of chance.”
Moberly's bill would not allow local governments to block expanded gambling at tracks or impose additional taxes, but voters could stop it. The bill would require a local voter referendum 60 to 90 days after preliminary approval of a track's license application to the lottery corporation.
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