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JustRalph
07-19-2010, 10:34 PM
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/07/19/racetrack-slots-sprint-from-gate.html?sid=101

Racetrack slot machines take big leap forward
Ohio Lottery Commission votes its support

CLEVELAND -- Gov. Ted Strickland's plans for slot machines at racetracks are officially back on track.

Ohio Lottery Commission members today unanimously voted to scrap year-old regulations that were to have governed the operations of 17,500 video slot machines at racetracks. Commissioners began writing new rules, but left out key details -- including the maximum number of machines permitted and the state's share of revenue from the devices.

The commission also unanimously gave the go-ahead for state lawyers to seek court approval for the new type of gambling.

more at the link
furlong
07-19-2010, 11:43 PM
Interesting to see who crosses the finish line first...Ohio or New York? :lol:
duncan04
07-20-2010, 12:17 AM
Interesting to see who crosses the finish line first...Ohio or New York? :lol:


its a sad day for KY racing!! :(
redshift1
07-20-2010, 12:41 AM
Kentucky needs their legislator's to enact changes instead of partisan fighting.
JustRalph
07-20-2010, 01:18 AM
Http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/jul/15/ohio-lottery-commission-will-pursue-slots-horse-tr-ar-151842/


Video news story
MAGICHORSEMAN
07-20-2010, 01:41 AM
its a sad day for KY racing!! :(



Sad day for WV racing too!
Robert Goren
07-20-2010, 08:33 AM
Even sadder day for Ohio racing.
illinoisbred
07-20-2010, 08:36 AM
Another nail in Illinois' coffin.
cosmo96
07-20-2010, 10:17 AM
If I had my way the slots would stay in Las Vegas. But, that is not the case as everyone knows for Ohio racing to succeed they are a necessary evil. I am looking at this from my point of view. I am fifty miles from River Downs and fifty miles from Beulah. I am twenty miles from Lebanon Raceway where I bet at the simulcast center. I love live racing and I don't want to drive 100 miles to the Indiana tracks. If Ohio loses these tracks they will never get them back. I also go to Turfway. I hope the Kentucky legislature gets their shit together. A racetrack is an awful thing to lose.
Black Ruby
07-20-2010, 10:21 AM
most days are sad for Ky racing any more.