Kentucky News - Page 17

News Brief: Churchill Downs is ‘extremely nervous’ that a smoking ban in Louisville would drive even more people across the river, according to the track's senior vice president.

ews Brief: Kentucky Governor Paul Patton has urged the state lottery to launch a Keno game to raise more money for college scholarships, and lottery officials will discuss the proposal tomorrow.

ews Brief: Kentucky's horse-racing industry plans to ask the General Assembly to put the controversial issue of racetrack slot machines on the November 2004 ballot as a constitutional amendment.

The election of Ernie Fletcher as governor of Kentucky almost surely will spur change within the state's racing industry, though execs say it’s too early to predict how the industry will change under the new administration.

News Brief: Voters oppose an expansion of gambling in general, though they were narrowly divided on specific issues of slot machines at race tracks and the granting of a few licenses for riverboat casinos, a poll found.

News Brief: Two of Kentucky's most outspoken advocates of full-scale casino gambling have lined up behind Republican Ernie Fletcher in this fall's race for governor.