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Sports Betting News in Kentucky

Circa Sports Joins the Kentucky Sports Betting Community

October 3, 2023 — September 28, 2023, will go down in Kentucky history as the day it all finally came into being. That's the day the first legal sports bet was accepted in the state. This is a historical moment in th...

BetMGM Joins the Kentucky Sports Betting Community

September 1, 2023 — When word went earlier this summer that the Kentucky legislature had passed sports betting legislation, the excitement in the state was electric. It was enough to pique the interest of America's top...

Kentucky Horse Racing Commission Announces Sports Betting Launch Dates

July 25, 2023 — In June 2023, the Kentucky State Senate passed the state's new sports betting legislation by a final vote of 25-12. Twenty-three (23) votes were needed for passage. Without pause, Governor Andy Besh...

Kentucky Inching Closer to Sports Betting Launch

July 12, 2023 — There was great joy in the state of Kentucky when Governor Andy Beshear signed HB 551 into law in March 2023. HB 551 is the state's robust sports betting legislation, something that Kentucky residen...

How the Kentucky Sports Betting Bill Almost Didn't Pass

April 25, 2023 — It was five years in the making. In anticipation of SCOTUS removing the U.S. sports betting ban in 2018, the Kentucky legislature went to work on sports betting legislation in 2017. Due to a lot of lo...

Kentucky Governor Beshear Sees Sports Betting Launching by September

April 18, 2023 — Residents in Kentucky have every reason to be excited by the recent passing of sports betting legislation. It was more than two years in the making and long overdue as surrounding states like Indiana,...

It's Official: Kentucky Passes Sports Betting Legislation

April 7, 2023 — The Senate took discussions related to HB 551 right down to the wire. On the final day of the current legislative session, state Senators finally gave a big thumbs up to the sports betting legislation...

DraftKings to Add Horse Race Wagering Platform

April 5, 2023 — DraftKings is one of the few U.S. online gambling operators to have their hands in pretty much every online wagering market. That includes having the world's premier Daily Fantasy Sports platform to g...

Sports Betting News From Kentucky and Georgia

March 11, 2023 — This past week, major news related to the legalization of sports betting in Kentucky and Georgia was delivered to the public. For the residents in one state, it was good news. For residents in the o...

Kentucky and North Dakota are Teeing Up Sports Betting Legislation

January 17, 2023 — With the start of a new year, there promises to be even more states looking to join the ranks of states that have legalized sports betting for their residents. Among the states that are on the brink o...

Sports Gambling Bill Fails in Kentucky

April 19, 2022 — When House Bill 606 passed the Kentucky House of Representatives, there was a glimmer of hope that online poker and sports betting would become a reality for residents of the state. Unfortunately, t...

Kentucky Online Gambling Legislation Passes House and Moves to Senate

March 25, 2022 — By a vote of 58-30, the Kentucky House passed House Bill 606. By the passage of this bill, various forms of online gambling moved one step closer to becoming a reality for the residents of the state...

Kentucky Inches Closer to Sports Betting Legislation / Super Bowl Data Coming Out

February 18, 2022 — Over the past couple of years, the Kentucky legislature has made several attempts to pass sports betting legislation. At every turn to date, those efforts fail because of opposition in the House. Th...

Kentucky Governor Waking Up to Reality About Sports and Online Gambling

January 23, 2020 — With each passing state that passes legislation to legalize sports betting and online gambling for its residents, a new state steps forward to capture the spotlight. In recent weeks, the state of...

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