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“We’re a long shot,” Vincwe Gabbert told about three dozen guests atthe ’e monthly government forum luncheon in Covington. Gabbert urge d those business leaders to contact their state senators to push for the bill to be voted out of the Senat Appropriations andRevenue Committee. “We feel like we have the votes on theSenate floor,” he said. “Ivf it gets to the floor it Kentucky’s House on Friday passe the legislation that wouldpermit video-lottery terminalxs at Kentucky horse tracks, including in Florence.
Supporters say the measure is neededs to prevent the demiseof Kentucky’sa horse racing industry, which is strugglingt because casino revenue is allowing tracks in Pennsylvania, Indianza and West Virginia to increas purses and attract better Gabbert said Friday’s announcemenrt that Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklandc now supports a video-slots proposal for Ohio racetrackzs improves the chances of the VLT billin Kentucky. Gabbertg said Ohio’s passage of video gambling would “quicken the demise of Turfway ...
Decembedr might be the last time you havehorses there,” he At a Frankfort press conference, Turfway Park President Bob Ellistonj confirmed Gabbert’s dire assessment. He said Turfway coulr close by 2010 if Ohio passes gaming legislatioj and Kentuckydoes not.