Beshear Pushing For Expanded Gambling

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Governor Steve Beshear says Kentuckians have to cross the state line into Indiana, Illinois and West Virginia to plays slots and other casino games, and they want to decide for themselves whether more forms of gambling should be allowed in the state. Beshear said Tuesday that political leaders shouldn't make Kentucky voters wait any longer to have their voices heard and that allowing voters to decide on changing the state constitution to allow gambling could keep that money in Kentucky. A survey released Tuesday by the Washington, D.C.-based polling firm Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group found that 87 percent of Kentuckians support having a ballot measure and 64 percent would favor an amendment to authorize casino gambling. It also shows broad support for a statewide vote across political parties.