Kentucky still opposed to casinos

Lawmakers in the state said that casino gambling is still not a hot topic for the next legislative session.

US.- Casino gambling still has no chance to be a real thing in the Bluegrass State as several lawmakers said that the topic is not relevant for Kentucky at the moment. Republican state Rep. Jill York of Grayson said that casinos are not a topic that would be included in the next legislative session.

Senate Minority Leader Ray Jones, D-Pikeville, said that he hasn’t heard any discussion of the issue and that no one approached him to talk about it. “I’ve always opposed gambling, for personal reasons.  For me to support any kind of expanded gaming, it would have to be very, very limited and controlled circumstances.  I’ve not seen any type of proposal that I could support,” he added.

As Kentucky Today informed, other lawmakers interviewed earlier this week said that gambling isn’t going anywhere in the state. “I haven’t heard anything that rises to the level of a buzz, just a little noise at this point that hasn’t risen in volume. There are always going to be a few that thinks casinos are the right policy for Kentucky, whether we need this money for pensions or the budget. The reason for justifying it shifts, but the desire to have it never goes away,” he said.