Sports wagering bill set to be considered by Kentucky House committee Wednesday
By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
A sports wagering bill will have its first consideration by a legislative committee this week.
The measure, sponsored by Rep. Adam Koenig, R-Erlanger, is scheduled to be heard by the House Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations Committee Wednesday morning.
Under the measure, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission would be the state body that oversees sports...
Bevin and Beshear take on a wide range of topics in televised debate at NKU, find little common ground
By Mark Hansel
KyForward managing editor
Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear squared off in a Kentucky Gubernatorial Debate at Northern Kentucky University’s Student Union Tuesday evening.
The fifth televised debate in the series between Bevin, the Republican incumbent, and Democratic challenger Beshear, is the last before voters go to the polls in less than a week.
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Sen. Julian Carroll prefiles legislation to allow sports wagering at racetracks, off-track betting facilities
Kentucky Senator Julian M. Carroll, D-Frankfort, has prefiled legislation establishing the framework to allow sports wagering at any horse racing track or off-track wagering facility.
Bill Request 236 builds on two previously filed bills that were proposed over the last couple of legislative sessions by Senator Carroll. He introduced the bills in anticipation of the United States Supreme Court striking...
Kentucky’s gubernatorial race could determine the future of push for expanded gaming in the state
By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
Expanded gaming, including legalizing casinos and sports wagering, is likely to come up again during the 2020 General Assembly, but how hard it will be pushed depends on who wins the Governor’s race this November.
Sen. Julian Carroll, D-Frankfort, sponsored a bill during this year’s session to legalize sports wagering, but it did not receive a committee hearing in the...
Sen. Thayer is at Royal Ascot, but remains focused on legalization of sports wagering in Kentucky
By Mark Hansel
NKyTribune managing editor
Kentucky Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, was enjoying the pageantry of the Royal Ascot horse racing meet in England this week, but his mind (or at least part of it) was on sports wagering in the Commonwealth.
Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown (left), talks with the Television Games Network at Royal Ascot Thursday about the prospects for sports wagering in Kentucky....
Sen. Carroll refiles legislation for framework to regulate sports wagering in the state
Kentucky Senator Julian M. Carroll, D-Frankfort, refiled legislation today to set the framework to regulate sports wagering in Kentucky.
The legislation makes updates to the bill that was filed earlier this year after the United States Supreme Court ruling found the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, commonly known as PASPA, to be unconstitutional. PASPA, a federal law, prohibited sports...
Bipartisan panel formed to craft Kentucky’s sports wagering legislation in wake of Supreme Court ruling
By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
A bipartisan House and Senate panel has been formed to craft legislation to allow sports wagering in Kentucky.
A decision last month by the U.S. Supreme Court to allow states to decide their own fate of sports betting means, for the first time since 1992, wagering on sports will not be limited to only Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon.
Lawmakers are forming a panel to...
