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He added that when the company entered Kentucky, it did so after communicating with officials from the Office of Charitable Gaming and the Public Protection Cabinet. Before it entered the state roughly a year ago \u2013 it now has machines in 42 counties \u2013 Tilley and others met with local elected officials and prosecutors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe idea that somehow this company entered the marketplace under the cover of night is simply not true,\u201d Tilley said.<\/p>\n
Kentucky is not the only state to grapple with what to do with such games. Several states have weighed legislation. Virginia, before banning them, allowed retailers to operate them for one final year and taxed the machines to fund COVID-19 relief measures.<\/p>\n
Even if a House vote comes Friday or later, the bill still would need to be approved by the Senate. Lawmakers have until March 30 before a 10-day veto period begins for Gov. Andy Beshear. After that period ends, lawmakers would return for one final two-day period starting on April 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pace-O-Matic, a developer of skill-based games, made a $125,000 donation to the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) on Tuesday, one day before a bill that would ban such machines from operating in the state passed in a legislative committee. Supporting law enforcement officers was \u201cthe best investment any company can make,\u201d company President and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":205856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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