Tag Archives: Kentucky
US – Inspired creates Kentucky Derby: Triple Crown Showdown for Churchill Downs
Inspired Entertainment has created ‘The Kentucky Derby: Triple Crown Showdown’ for Churchill Downs Racetrack’s nationwide virtual ‘Kentucky Derby at Home’ party to be televised on NBC on May 2. During the broadcast, Derby fans will witness Inspired’s ultra-realistic 3D CGI representation of the Kentucky Derby featuring the 13 Triple Crown winners from the past century…
US – Churchill Downs axes Latonia plan to buy Turfway Park in Kentucky
Churchill Downs Incorporated will bring 1,500 historical racing machines to the Turfway Park racetrack in Florence, Kentucky, as it revamps the property after buying it for $46m from jack Entertainment. The deal is expected to be approved by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on October 8. If that happens, Churchill Downs will spend $150m on…
US – Churchill Downs to launch historical racing in Louisville
Churchill Downs has announced it will build a hotel and add gaming to its Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, by 2021. Churchill Downs CEO Bill Carstanjen said: “This will be a significant construction project to build a hotel with suites facing the track, more permanent premium seating and a historical racing machine facility as…
US – Kentucky Lottery’s Scratch-offs set new monthly record of $70m
The Kentucky Lottery Corporation has broken its 30-year record for monthly sales, primarily driven by Scratch-off games including its new $30 Break Fort Knox game created by Scientific Games to celebrate the Lottery’s 30th Anniversary. In March 2019, the Kentucky Lottery’s Scratch-offs sales topped $70m. This beat a record that had stood for nearly three…
US – Kentucky House Committee approves sports betting bill
Kentucky, a state with a long tradition of betting on horse races as well as a state-run lottery, has seen a bill passed to regulate sports betting in its House Committee. It will now be presented in the full House, where it will need 60 out of 100 votes to pass. House Bill 175 would…
US – The Stars Group announces reversal of $870m Kentucky judgement
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled in the favour of The Stars Group and reversed in its entirety the $870m judgement issued against it by a trial court judge in December 2015. The Court of Appeals stated “allowing a complaint, like the one put forth by the Commonwealth, to move forward would lead to…
US – Kentucky court rules in favor of Exacta Systems
A Kentucky Court has ruled that Exacta Systems’ Historic Horse Racing system, games and wagers are pari-mutuel and comply with Kentucky statutes and regulations. The ruling came after several years of discovery and a trial earlier this year, in which the Family Foundation of Kentucky argued that Exacta’s system was not pari-mutuel. After evaluating all…
US – Amaya to appeal ruling by Kentucky Trial Court
Amaya will appeal a judgment issued by a state judge in Kentucky and will avail itself of any and all remedies available to it. The litigation was filed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 2010 and sought recovery of alleged losses by Kentucky residents who played real-money poker on PokerStars’ website during a period between…
