Turfway Park dropping Major series and dates

[know1]

What rubs me the wrong way about casinos at the racetracks is that ONLY the racetracks will be able to have them.

If gambling at casinos is OK for people to do, why not allow anyone who can meet some basic regulations open one?

[RoadToad]

What rubs me the wrong way about casinos at the racetracks is that ONLY the racetracks will be able to have them.

If gambling at casinos is OK for people to do, why not allow anyone who can meet some basic regulations open one?

Politics. Actually, the original proposal was for casinos not just at tracks, but a limited number elsewhere.
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ory?id=3265800
Mr. David Williams, the esteemed President of the Kentucky State Senate, has singlehandedly blocked that, and every proposal since. He and his followers call it "expanded gambling in Kentucky," and think that if you allow casinos in Kentucky, next thing you know, Burkesville is going to look like Las Vegas, with all the prostitution, alcohol, drugs, and other things that stupid people with money do. For them, allowing casinos only at racetracks, which are already dens of iniquity, might be more palatable. So the thinking now is that having casinos only at racetracks is the only proposal that has a snowball's chance of passing.