Quote Originally Posted by apb View Post
I believe that part of the issue is that to have them at other places would require a constitutional amendment. This is not the case if the slots are just at the tracks. Thats why the push for slots at race tracks.

Andrew
Actually, the proposed amendment would have authorized 12 casinos in Kentucky, 7 in "communities that already house racetracks," and 5 more in border counties that currently have no gambling other than the lottery. But it failed, in large part because a lot of those communities' civic and religious leaders didn't want casinos in their back yards. So now, Beshear is trying to get slots just at racetracks, where there is already gambling, and he's trying to call them "video lottery terminals," and say that it's covered under the current constitutional amendment authorizing the lottery. I don't think that's going to fly. The amendment clearly states that no other forms of gambling shall be incorporated into it. Much as I want to see slots at tracks, I think that no matter where they're located, it's going to take an amendment.