Kentucky Senate Committee Rejects Video-Lottery Terminal Bill

Churchill Downs Exec Says Vote Hurts Kentucky's Already Struggling Horse Industry

NOT THE FINISH LINE: In Lexington, John Cheves notes regardless of the vote, "few in the Capitol think the debate is over for good," as slots supporters "cited the progress they made this session and predicted an ultimate victory, if not this year then some year soon." Kentucky state Sen. Tim Shaughnessy: "This is eventually going to happen, whether it's done by an act of the legislature or put before the voters of Kentucky for a formal vote. It may be stopped today, but the issue isn't if this happens, it's when this happens" (LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, 6/23). In a front-page piece for the KENTUCKY ENQUIRER, Patrick Crowley notes the vote will have "deep ramifications across Northern Kentucky," as the region will "lose out on ... more than $100[M] in spending on public school construction and higher education projects while Turfway Park in Florence could be forced to close by 2011." However, opponents of the bill said that video gambling "could not provide a sustainable stream of revenue to allocate millions of dollars [a] year to the horse industry while paying for $1.3[B] of new school spending statewide" (KENTUCKY ENQUIRER, 6/23).

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