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Online Casinos Not the Issue

The State of Kentucky has made headlines over the past eight months because of the state governor’s attempts to hijack online casino domain names in the name of securing the land gambling and betting industry in the state. The horse tracks though see a different enemy – the lack of gambling variety, as the culprit for lost revenues at the horse races. Kentucky is one of the only states that still does not allow slot machines and alternative gambling at the race tracks. Although Governor Steve Beshear has spoken out against the online casinos specifically, the horse racetracks have joined forces in an appeal to the state to legalize slot machines at the tracks or risk some pretty serious negative impact at the horse races.

The fact of the matter is simple, Kentucky bills itself as one of the top horseracing states in the country and hosts many of the most famous and popular horse races in the industry. But even though Kentucky has a long history of preeminence in the industry, the racetracks are unable to compete with racetracks in nearby states because of smaller purse sizes. Across the US the horse racetracks have begun to implement slot machines at the tracks as a way to entice more punters to come as well as to use the slots revenue as a way to bump up purses offered. Kentucky racetracks aren’t necessarily competing with the online casinos as Governor Beshear claims, the decline in the industry is coming from actual competition from the other racetracks.

The racetracks teamed up and all showed a united front in a press conference appeal to the state for the legalization of slot machines at the racetracks. The state is still monkeying around with the online casino gambling situation while the state’s horseracing venues are pleading for support now before all of the quality horses, races, and jockeys leave the state for greener pastures.