LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Consumers wagered more than $2 billion in Kentucky’s slot-like historical racing machines in the state fiscal year that ended June 30, nearly double the amount wagered in the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Ron Geary thought he'd made it through the worst of it. The owner of tiny Ellis Park in western Kentucky salvaged the racetrack's summer 2008 meet with a bit of showmanship.

Jockey Calvin Borel, who has been in the spotlight over the last five weeks as a result of victories in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) and BlackBerry Preakness Stakes (gr. I), is ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKRC) - Backers of a bill that would continue to make slot-like machines legal at Kentucky racetracks say they have saved Turfway Park. The bill is now on its way for Gov. Andy Beshear ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Senate committee of the Kentucky legislature killed a bill on Monday night that would have legalized slot machines at seven racetracks in the state. The vote effectively torpedoed ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Sitting at one of the hundreds of betting machines at Derby City Gaming in Louisville – with names like Electric Nights and Vegas Fortune -- it’s hard to tell that you’re ...

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 ...

When it comes to gambling in Kentucky, there are so many shades of gray, it’s hard to keep them apart. There is betting on horse racing, which is legal, and betting on basketball games, which is not.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Supporters of a Kentucky law banning slots-like machines scored a legal victory Friday when a judge kept in place a measure to permanently unplug the video games that offered cash ...