Casino-Style Gaming Banned
March 10, 2023 | Kentucky
In a dramatic about-face, the Kentucky House voted Wednesday to ban the prolific devices resembling slot machines — just days after the heavily lobbied measure had stalled.
House Speaker David Osborne went to the chamber’s floor to make a procedural motion to resume consideration of the measure. The proposal, House Bill 594, had been tabled by the House last Friday.
Osborne’s motion was approved, and a few minutes later the bill won House passage on a 64-32 vote. The measure heads to the Senate as this year’s session moves into its home stretch.
The debate revolves around cash payout games that have proliferated in stores across Kentucky. Supporters refer to them as legal “skill games” that require the player to do more than push a button. Others dub them as “gray machines,” based on their murky legal status. (Excerpt from Fox News.)
