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Sports betting bill gains momentum by clearing House panel

by Associated Press
| January 15, 2020 8:35 AM

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill to legalize sports betting in Kentucky picked up bipartisan momentum Wednesday when a House committee voted unanimously to advance the measure that one estimate says would bring in about $22.5 million a year in new taxes.

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