We can’t stop people from doing things that are bad for them,\u201d <\/strong>Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, said in explaining his vote. \u201cThere are a lot of behaviors out there that done in excess are bad for people, but my constituents want this. The people of Kentucky want this. It\u2019s time that we give them the choice for free will \u2013 God-given free will \u2013 to engage in legal sports betting.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe only \u201cNo\u201d vote in the committee was from Chairman John Schickel, R-Union. Schickel did not explain his vote. He was also the chairman of the committee last year and refused to give House Bill 606 \u2013 last year\u2019s sports betting bill \u2013 a hearing in the session\u2019s final days. The bill was moved to another committee but did not get a hearing before the session ended.<\/p>\n
Another committee member would have voted against the bill at the special called committee meeting. However, state Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R-Lebanon, attended a meeting of the Senate Transportation Committee, which he chairs, held at the same time. Higdon told Casino.org after his committee meeting that his preference is for voters to decide on gaming matters through a constitutional amendment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The push to legalize sports betting in Kentucky took a major step forward Wednesday morning. That’s when a bill to make the Bluegrass State the 37th in the country to accept live and online sports wagers easily passed through a state Senate committee. The Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee\u2019s 9-1 vote on House Bill 551 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":264338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,1074],"tags":[82033,80968],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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