For all the negative stuff about the lottery and all the misinformation, I know one thing the lottery provides.....college money for Kentucky kids. Google keys money. It is real and my daughter is using some to pay her tuition right now.

In regards to the horse racing industry, there are thousands of jobs that are currently moving out of this state to base their operations at tracks in surrounding states. What happens when jobs leave? Less tax revenue! The reason these horse racing jobs are leaving Kentucky and going to surrounding states? Slot machine money. That increase purses and brings more horses to the tracks. There are several horse owners in Kentucky right now that don't run their horses in this state because the purses are to low. Money leaving Kentucky to go to another state.

"The Crime Syndicate (Mob), prostitution, gambling addictions, drugs, and all sorts of crime. It costs the states more to prosecute and house the criminals than it takes in from casino taxes"

Really, I haven't notcied Bugsy Segal and the boys sniffing around southern Indiana. This is not Las Vegas in the early days. How come we don't see new jails built where the added casinos? You would think there would be a huge need for them with all the crime these casinos bring, yet that doesn't seem to be the case.