by Zachary Kelley | Sep 7, 2023 10:59 am | Legal
Retail sports betting launched in Kentucky on Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. Governor Andy Beshear placed the first bet at Churchill Downs. Kentucky online sports betting launches on September 28. FRANKFORT, Ky. – Legal Kentucky sports betting officially arrived with...
by Evan Thornton | Mar 18, 2022 10:53 am | Legal
A new bill is making its way through the House, and could regulate online betting Opponents of the bill are concerned that the gambling industry is exploitive. Update House Bill 606 has been passed by the State House by a vote of 58/30 and will now move forward to the...
by Jerad Paparella | Jan 4, 2022 5:22 pm | Legal
Rep. Adam Koenig, the sponsor of previous sports betting bills in Kentucky, plans to introduce a brand-new sports betting bill during the spring legislative session. Sports betting is receiving support from major political figures in Kentucky, with all of Kentucky’s...
by Christina Monroe | Mar 14, 2021 12:03 pm | Regulatory
Kentucky will not be seeing legal sports betting become a reality in 2021 as House Bill 241 died in the House. Odd-numbered years in the Kentucky Legislature result in 30-day shortened sessions and require all bills to be passed by a three-fifths majority Billions of...
by Christina Monroe | Feb 13, 2021 11:34 am | Regulatory
House Bill 241 would make sports betting legal in Kentucky through both land-based and mobile platforms. Sponsor Adam Koenig is hopeful that his bill will pass either in this session or in 2022. The focus of the Kentucky General Assembly in 2021 is Historical Horse...
