Thursday, January 20, 2011
Family Foundation Files Appeal Involving Instant Racing
KENTUCKY....
The Family Foundation filed an appeal Thursday in a case involving Instant Racing. The group disagreed with a Franklin Circuit Court ruling last month that regulations currently being considered by the Beshear administration are consistent with current law. Family Foundation says current law only allows pari-mutuel wagering on actual horse races, and Instant Racing is neither pari-mutual nor is it an actual horse race. Martin Cothran, spokesman for the group, says the bettor would be the only ones betting on a particular race, and they would be betting on videos of past horse races, many of whose horses and jockeys are long dead, not actual horse races anticipated under the law. Cothran says, "Wagering on ‘live' racing with dead horses might make a good Twilight Zone episode, but it isn't legal in Kentucky."
The Family Foundation filed an appeal Thursday in a case involving Instant Racing. The group disagreed with a Franklin Circuit Court ruling last month that regulations currently being considered by the Beshear administration are consistent with current law. Family Foundation says current law only allows pari-mutuel wagering on actual horse races, and Instant Racing is neither pari-mutual nor is it an actual horse race. Martin Cothran, spokesman for the group, says the bettor would be the only ones betting on a particular race, and they would be betting on videos of past horse races, many of whose horses and jockeys are long dead, not actual horse races anticipated under the law. Cothran says, "Wagering on ‘live' racing with dead horses might make a good Twilight Zone episode, but it isn't legal in Kentucky."
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:33 PM 
