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 Could KY Soon Get Slots?

Kentucky has lagged behind much of the United States in terms of the world of slot machines. Currently, slot games are not legal in the state – but an enterprising lawmaker is looking to change that. Representative Tom Burch recently told the General Assembly that legalizing the popular gambling devices could be a slick way to beef up the state’s coffers. Burch told local papers that he is ready to bring his state “into the gambling age.” Certainly, with online casinos and especially online slots getting ever-more popular by the day, it’s time for Kentucky to join the trend!

The state Legislature has been dithering over the topic of slot machines for the better part of twelve years. Unwilling to let another decade of shilly-shallying go by, Burch officially proposed that Kentucky legally allow eighteen thousand slot machines to enter the state, as a way of bringing new revenue into the state budget. Many states in America have long been using slot proceeds as a way of bringing money into their respective wallets, and Burch is hoping to sell his fellow Bluegrass State lawmakers on the very attractive prospect.

Under Burch’s slot machine proposal, assuming that it were passed by the Legislature in its current state, six thousand of the eighteen thousand slot games in question would to the eight licensed racetracks in Kentucky. Individual counties could then decide on an individual basis whether they wanted to allow slot machine gambling, and the remaining two-thirds of the machines could be divvied up accordingly.

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