KY Downs To Install "Instant Racing" Machines
{Lexington, Kentucky}...The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission gave its OK Wednesday for Kentucky Downs to install another 75 "instant racing" machines, which resemble casino-style slot machines. The track in Franklin near the Tennessee border debuted the game in September with 200 machines and total wagering on the old horse races surpassed $40 million through the end of January. The track kept nearly $2.9 million, part of which will go to boost purses for its short live-racing season in September. The state collected $603,730. A lawsuit by the Family Foundation to ban the games is pending in the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
