The Courier-Journal is reporting that Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear will consider proposing an expanded gambling package this year that does not include increased gaming at the state's horsetracks.
Beshear says that may be the only way he can get a gambling bill passed in the state legislature.
The Governor has tried unsuccessfully in the past to get a casino gambling bill through the Kentucky Senate. Expanded gambling supportershave hoped that last year's retirement of former Senate President David Williams, who opposed increased gaming, would better the bill's odds in 2013.
