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Kentuckians And Expanded Gaming: Opposition To Protect The Vulnerable?, Thomas E. Lambert Jun 2022

Kentuckians And Expanded Gaming: Opposition To Protect The Vulnerable?, Thomas E. Lambert

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During the 2022 meeting of the Kentucky General Assembly, gambling interests in the state had both triumphs and setbacks. An attempt to raise taxes on revenues earned by specialty slot machines (historical horse racing machines, or HHR machines) was turned back, yet an attempt to legalize sports gambling on sports such as the NFL, NBA, NCAA, etc., was also turned back. Lotteries, charitable gaming, and pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing have been legal in the state for some time, and HHR machines were made fully legal after state laws were re-written in 2021 to have them comply with the state …