{"id":205922,"date":"2022-03-18T09:17:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=205922"},"modified":"2022-03-18T09:27:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:27:30","slug":"kentucky-house-passes-sports-betting-legislation-bill-heads-to-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kentucky-house-passes-sports-betting-legislation-bill-heads-to-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky House Passes Sports Betting Legislation, Bill Heads to Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. &#8212; In a historic vote, the Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill that would legalize sports betting in the state on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_205925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205925\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kentucky-house-passes-sports-betting-legislation-bill-heads-to-senate\/koenig\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-205925\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-205925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koenig-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Koenig\" width=\"1200\" height=\"832\" \/><\/a><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-205925\"class=\"text-description\">State Rep. Adam Koenig, left, stands with Majority Floor Leader Steven Rudy as lawmakers vote on House Bill 606, which would legalize sports betting in the state. (Image: Casino.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lawmakers passed House Bill 606 in a 58-30 vote. The measure will now go to the state Senate for its consideration.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Adam Koenig (R-Erlanger), would allow the state&#8217;s racetracks and extension facilities to offer sports betting. It enables both brick-and-mortar sportsbooks at the tracks, as well as online applications.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, Kentucky would become the 34th state in the US to legalize sports betting. Currently, six of the seven states surrounding the Bluegrass State have legalized the wagering opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This story will be updated throughout the day.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. &#8212; In a historic vote, the Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill that would legalize sports betting in the state on Friday. Lawmakers passed House Bill 606 in a 58-30 vote. The measure will now go to the state Senate for its consideration. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Adam Koenig (R-Erlanger), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":205925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kentucky House Passes Sports Betting Legislation, Bill Heads to Senate - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FRANKFORT, Ky. -- In a historic vote, the Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill that would legalize sports betting in the state on Friday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kentucky House Passes Sports Betting Legislation, Bill Heads to Senate - Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FRANKFORT, Ky. -- In a historic vote, the Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill that would legalize sports betting in the state on Friday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kentucky-house-passes-sports-betting-legislation-bill-heads-to-senate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-18T16:17:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-18T16:27:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koenig.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2329\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1614\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Bittenbender\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Bittenbender\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kentucky-house-passes-sports-betting-legislation-bill-heads-to-senate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kentucky-house-passes-sports-betting-legislation-bill-heads-to-senate\/\",\"name\":\"Kentucky House Passes Sports Betting Legislation, Bill Heads to Senate - Casino.org\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kentucky-house-passes-sports-betting-legislation-bill-heads-to-senate\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kentucky-house-passes-sports-betting-legislation-bill-heads-to-senate\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koenig.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-18T16:17:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-18T16:27:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2\"},\"description\":\"FRANKFORT, Ky. -- In a historic vote, the Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill that would legalize sports betting in the state on Friday.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kentucky-house-passes-sports-betting-legislation-bill-heads-to-senate\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kentucky-house-passes-sports-betting-legislation-bill-heads-to-senate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kentucky-house-passes-sports-betting-legislation-bill-heads-to-senate\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koenig.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koenig.jpg\",\"width\":2329,\"height\":1614,\"caption\":\"State Rep. 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