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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
Maybe I am missing something here, but the argument long advanced by Churchill, Keeneland, KEEP and other racing-related groups is that they need slots in Kentucky in order to save/preserve what is one of Kentucky's signature industries. By taking this action, Churchill transparently shows that it cares little about horse racing. If I were a Kentucky legislator in light of that fact, I would view Churchill as little more than a gaming company whose headquarters just happen to be in Louisville. Why should they be entitled to have slots any more than a company like Penn National, or even one of the Las Vegas-based casino companies? For that reason, I'm not sure it is a sound business/lobbying decision.
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Churchill has very few friends in the KY legislature. They are perceived (rightly) as arrogant and have made a series of moves and proclamations that have managed to piss off both parties. A few years back they threatened to move the corporate headquarters out of Louisville to Chicago over some issue they had with lawmakers. Tom Meeker made a lot of enemies in the legislature and Evans hasnt exactly endeared himself. There has been a lot of sentiment that because of CDI slots will never come to KY and while it is impossible to know for sure because the out of state casinos companies have spent a lot of lobbying money in KY, they arent any closer than they were 12 years ago.