{Louisville, Kentucky}...The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a judge's ruling allowing race tracks to allow betting on historic horse racing. Friday's decision sends the case back to Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate who upheld a proposal allowing tracks to accept pari-mutuel bets on rebroadcasts of the old races, stripped of the names of the horses, jockeys and trainers. The Family Foundation of Kentucky challenged a decision to allow instant racing. Officials at Kentucky Downs announced shortly after the ruling that the game would continue at the Franklin, Kentucky track. The court didn’t address the legality of the game and ruled only that the Family Foundation of Kentucky, an organization that opposes expanded gambling, should have been allowed to gather evidence as it sought to prove the game illegal.Saturday, June 16, 2012
Instant Racing Case Returned To Franklin Circuit Court
{Louisville, Kentucky}...The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a judge's ruling allowing race tracks to allow betting on historic horse racing. Friday's decision sends the case back to Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate who upheld a proposal allowing tracks to accept pari-mutuel bets on rebroadcasts of the old races, stripped of the names of the horses, jockeys and trainers. The Family Foundation of Kentucky challenged a decision to allow instant racing. Officials at Kentucky Downs announced shortly after the ruling that the game would continue at the Franklin, Kentucky track. The court didn’t address the legality of the game and ruled only that the Family Foundation of Kentucky, an organization that opposes expanded gambling, should have been allowed to gather evidence as it sought to prove the game illegal.