Tag Archives: Kentucky
US – JCM expands long-term partnership with Churchill Downs with installs at Oak Grove Racing
JCM Global has expanded its long-term partnership with Churchill Downs Incorporated, who has selected JCM as the exclusive gaming transactions solution provider for its newly opened Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel in Oak Grove, Kentucky. Each of Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel’s 1,325 HRMs (Historical Racing Machines) is equipped with JCM’s award-winning iVIZION…
US – Churchill Downs opens US$38m Newport Racing and Gaming
Churchill Downs opened its US$38m Newport Racing and Gaming, its historical racing and gaming facility in Newport on October 2 as an extension of the licence of its Turfway Park in Florence. The 47,000-square foot facility, located in the Newport Shopping Center, offers 500 historical racing machines (HRMs) and offers simulcast horse racing on live…
US – Exacta announces system modification following Kentucky Supreme Court decision
Exacta Systems will introduce a new Historic Horse Racing system in Kentucky following a decision of the Kentucky Supreme Court. In its ruling on whether HHR as currently operated in Kentucky fell within the Kentucky statutory requirements, the Kentucky Court wrote that wagering “requires that patrons generate the pools based on wagering on the same…
US – Castle Hill Gaming installs historic Horse Racing machines in Kentucky
Castle Hill Gaming has completed its first installation of Historic Horse Racing machines in Kentucky with 24 machines going into the Ellis Park race track. As a proud member of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Castle Hill Gaming is delighted to support Kentucky’s renowned horse racing industry. “Castle Hill is excited to begin operations in…
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…
