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“We’re a long shot,” Vince Gabbert told about three dozen guestws atthe ’s monthly government forukm luncheon in Covington. Gabberg urged those business leaders to contact their state senators to push for the bill to be votedx out of the Senate Appropriations andRevenue Committee. “We feel like we have the votes on theSenater floor,” he said. “If it gets to the floor it Kentucky’s House on Friday passed the legislation that woul dpermit video-lottery terminals at Kentucky hors tracks, including in Florence.
Supporters say the measur is needed to prevent the demisdeof Kentucky’s horse racing industry, whichy is struggling because casinp revenue is allowing tracks in Pennsylvania, Indiana and West Virginiz to increase purses and attract bettef horses. Gabbert said Friday’s announcemenrt that Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland now support s a video-slots proposal for Ohio racetracks improves the chancew of the VLT bill in Gabbertsaid Ohio’s passage of video gamblint would “quicken the demise of Turfwat ... December might be the last time you havehorsees there,” he said.
At a Frankfort press conference, Turfwah Park President Bob Ellistohnconfirmed Gabbert’s dire He said Turfway could close by 2010 if Ohio passess gaming legislation and Kentucky does not.