Slots bill to receive hearing on Thursday

After a flurry of attention earlier this session, a bill that would allow video lottery terminals at Kentucky’s horse racetracks is set for another hearing Thursday.
House Speaker Greg Stumbo told reporters this afternoon that the hearing will allow lawmakers to become more educated about House Bill 158, but no vote will be called on the [...]

Video lottery terminals bill to receive hearing Thursday

House Bill 158 will be heard by the House Licensing and Occupations Committee at 9 a.m. Thursday during a special meeting of the committee. 
The bill would permit the state’s horse racing tracks to install video lottery terminals that bill sponsor House Speaker Greg Stumbo said would bring in hundreds of millions of dollars for the [...]

House L&O committee to take up slots bill Wednesday

The House Licensing and Occupations Committee will have an informational hearing Wednesday in Frankfort on House Bill 158, the piece proposed by House Speaker Greg Stumbo that would allow video lottery terminals at the state’s horse race tracks. 
The measure would generate up to $700 million annually once fully implemented, but is unlikely to have an [...]

Second lawmaker to push slot machine plan

Rep. Greg Stumbo, a Prestonsburg Democrat, has released a working version of legislation he plans to file next year that would allow “video lottery terminals” at ractracks around the state.
The bill puts the operation of the video lottery terminals, which appear to be similar if not the same as video slot machines, under the supervision [...]