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Starting July 11, each of Kentucky’s licensed horse racing facilities can apply for a retail sportsbook at their main location or at a licensed satellite location. "Sports betting has been an amenity our guests have been asking about since our grand opening," Turfway Park President Michael Taylor said. State law reserved exclusive in-person sportsbook rights to Kentucky's horse racing tracks and their gaming venues, facilities like Churchill Downs and the Tri-State's own Turfway Park in Florence and Newport. 7, the first day of the NFL regular season. Kentuckians can place their wagers at brick-and-mortar retail locations starting Sept. “Bringing sports wagering to the state not only gives Kentuckians a much-anticipated new form of entertainment but also brings money to the state to support pensions, freeing up money that can be used to build a better Kentucky through the funding of education, economic development, disaster recovery and other necessary projects, like providing cleaner water, building roads and high-speed internet," Beshear said.

When it officially became law at the end of June, the law stipulated sports betting get up and running by December, but Beshear stressed his desire to see it launch by the start of the NFL season. Lawmakers passed the law, known as HB 551, in a bipartisan vote on the last day of 2023. "When you look back at this, the odds were against us, but we were determined to get sports betting passed in Kentucky and we got it done," Beshear said moments before signing his name. Andy Beshear joined the KHRC and lawmakers at the Lexington horse racing track and gaming venue Red Mile to sign the regulations. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted unanimously Monday to pass emergency administrative regulations to ensure sports wagering launches in the Commonwealth in September.

Fans in Kentucky can place their bets on sporting events outside of horse racing for the first time in less than 60 days.