State Senate Committee Kills Slots Bill
The ongoing effort to bring casino gambling to Kentucky has been beaten back one more time as the Appropriations and Revenue Committee of the Senate refused to send a bill that would have allowed slot machines at the state's racetracks to the full Senate for consideration. This is good news for Kentucky. Slot machines are the most addictive form of gambling and would have harmed a tremendous number of Kentucky families and further damage the state's recession-weakened economy.
Here's the story about the Senate vote from The Courier-Journal newspaper in Louisville.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Senate budget committee rejected a bill Monday night that would allow slot machines at race tracks as a way to shore up Kentucky's beleaguered racing industry.
The vote was 10-5 against sending the bill to the full Senate with no expression of whether it should pass or fail.
The measure, House Bill 2, had passed the House 52-45 on Friday.
Sponsored by House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, the measure would allow the slot-like video terminals at seven of eight Kentucky tracks and use proceeds to boost purses, breeding incentives and fund school construction projects and equipment totaling more than $1 billion.
Senate President David Williams, R-Burkesville, who opposes expanded gambling, had said he didn't believe the Stumbo plan would pass the Senate Appropriations and Revenue committee.
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