press conference<\/a> last month with Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who ran successfully on an expanded gaming platform, as well as other supporters in attendance, Koenig was the only Republican lawmaker in the group.<\/p>\nPassage Next Year May Be Harder<\/h2>\n
This wasn\u2019t the first time Koenig has proposed sports betting legislation. His attempt last year also got out of his committee, but it, too, did not get a floor vote.<\/p>\n
Barring an unexpected revival of the bill \u2013 or its direct insertion in a conference committee budget that would still need to pass both chambers \u2013 prospects are likely bleak for sports betting to get through the Kentucky legislature next year, too.<\/p>\n
Unlike the 60-day sessions in even years, Kentucky\u2019s odd-year sessions last just 30 days. In addition, since the short sessions do not include budget bills, any bill that raises revenue needs a three-fifths majority to pass. That means it needs 60 votes in the House next year.<\/p>\n
While it may have trouble getting support in Frankfort, sports betting still appears to have the public behind it.<\/p>\n
The Louisville Courier Journal<\/em> reported Wednesday that a poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies for KY Sports Betting Now<\/a> showed that two-thirds of the state backed the measure. Support was fairly consistent across party lines, as 62 percent of Republicans polled expressed their support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prospects for Kentucky to legalize sports betting this year took a turn for the worse this week, when the bill that would legalize it and other forms of gaming was sent back to committee. The state House recommitted House Bill 137 to the Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations Committee on Tuesday. That action came after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":130507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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