Plan would put casino within one hour of Nashville - 2004-02-27
Casino-style gambling may be moving much closer
to Middle Tennessee.

Bills were presented in the Kentucky legislature yesterday that would approve five racetracks in that state to have casino licenses, one as close as Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Ky., just over the state
line on Interstate 65 — 41 miles from Nashville.

Eric Vanaman of Cottontown said he likes the idea of having a casino just up the highway.
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Plan emerges, but casinos a long way off - 2004-02-27
There's been so much talk about developing casinos
in Kentucky that it's difficult to get too worked up about the issue any more.

Between the barge-loads of dollars flowing into the Indiana casino boats and Kentucky government's desperate need for revenue, it seems inevitable that casinos will eventually come to the commonwealth. But most local residents, we suspect, figure they'll believe it when they see it.
Read the full story at Kentucky Post