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The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission modified its definition of parimutuel wagering in July 2010 to allow Instant Racing, and at the same time asked a court to review whether the change was legal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ky. begins move toward betting on re-shown races|newspaper=USA Today|agency=AP|author=Will Graves|date=July 20, 2010|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/horses/2010-07-20-3307050355_x.htm|accessdate=2013-10-06}}</ref> The court approved the changes and anti-gambling activists appealed the decision.<ref>{{cite news|title=Judge OKs plan to bet on re-shown races in Kentucky|newspaper=Evansville Courier & Press|agency=AP|date=December 29, 2010|url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/dec/29/judge-oks-plan-bet-re-shown-races-kentucky/|accessdate=2013-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kentucky Downs kicks off instant racing|newspaper=Bowling Green Daily News|author=Robyn L. Minor|date=September 2, 2011|url=http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/kentucky-downs-kicks-off-instant-racing/article_264ec04a-fd72-5506-8462-45852253d045.html?TNNoMobile|accessdate=2013-10-06}}</ref> [[Kentucky Downs]] installed Instant Racing terminals in September 2011, [[Ellis Park Race Course|Ellis Park]] followed suit a year later,<ref>{{cite news|title=Geary's dream of Instant Racing machines coming to life today at Ellis Park|newspaper=Evansville Courier & Press|author=Chuck Stinnett|date=August 31, 2012|url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/aug/31/instant-racing-machines-gearys-dream-coming-to/|accessdate=2013-10-06}}</ref> and the [[The Red Mile|Red Mile]] opened a historical racing parlor in partnership with [[Keeneland]] in September 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Red Mile's new gambling parlor opens; officials hope it will save the track|newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader|author=Janet Patton|date=September 17, 2015|url=http://www.kentucky.com/2015/09/17/4041816_red-miles-new-gambling-facility.html?rh=1|accessdate=2015-10-04}}</ref> The anti-gambling activists' appeal reached the [[Kentucky Supreme Court]], which ruled in February 2014 that the Horse Racing Commission could authorize parimutuel wagering on historical races, but [[Remand (court procedure)|remanded]] the case for further proceedings to determine whether the terminals meet the definition of parimutuel wagering.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kentucky Supreme Court says instant racing can be regulated, doesn't rule on legality|newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader|author=Janet Patton|date=February 20, 2014|url=http://www.kentucky.com/2014/02/20/3099342_kentucky-supreme-court-sends-instant.html?rh=1|accessdate=2015-10-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite court|litigants=Appalachian Racing LLC v. Family Trust Foundation of Kentucky Inc.|date=2014|court=Ky.|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ky-supreme-court/1658602.html|accessdate=2015-10-04}}</ref>
Nebraska has seen several attempts to legalize the machines. The [[Nebraska Legislature]] voted to authorize the machines in 2012, but the bill was vetoed by Governor [[Dave Heineman]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Governor vetoes historical horse racing bill |newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|author=JoAnne Young|date=April 9, 2012|url=https://journalstar.com/news/local/governor-vetoes-historical-horse-racing-bill/article_f98118ad-0d21-5834-ba2b-81c2cd357c61.html|accessdate=2019-05-26}}</ref> The legislature then approved a state constitutional amendment in 2014 to allow historical racing, but it was struck from the ballot by the [[Nebraska Supreme Court]] based on a technicality.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nebraska Supreme Court tosses betting on historic horse races off the Nov. 4 ballot |newspaper=Omaha World-Herald|author=Paul Hammel|date=September 5, 2014|url=https://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/nebraska-supreme-court-tosses-betting-on-historic-horse-races-off/article_e31cf626-3504-11e4-a445-001a4bcf6878.html|accessdate=2019-05-26}}</ref> The state racing commission attempted in 2018 to approve the machines, but backed off after Attorney General [[Doug Peterson (politician)|Doug Peterson]] argued that the move was unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite news|title=Racing Commission puts off vote on adding 'historical' horse race machines at Fonner Park|newspaper=Omaha World-Herald|author=Steve Liewer|date=January 17, 2019|url=https://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/racing-commission-puts-off-vote-on-adding-historical-horse-race/article_32e9d54c-5b28-5dfe-be9f-cd26255c47f1.html|accessdate=2019-05-26}}</ref>
The [[Idaho Legislature]] legalized Instant Racing in 2013,<ref>{{cite news|title=Some Idaho lawmakers feeling gamed over Greyhound Park ‘Instant Racing’|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, WA|author=Betsy Z. Russell|date=March 21, 2014|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/mar/21/some-idaho-lawmakers-feeling-gamed-over-greyhound/|accessdate=2014-06-18}}</ref> and machines were soon installed at [[Les Bois Park]], [[Greyhound Park (Idaho)|Greyhound Park]], and the Double Down Bar & Grill in [[Idaho Falls]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Saddled with questions|newspaper=The Coeur d' Alene Press|author=Jeff Selle|date=December 28, 2014|url=http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_ca7fa766-2794-56fe-aacf-3224c5dbf3e9.html|accessdate=2015-10-04}}</ref> State legislators then enacted a ban on the machines in early 2015, claiming they had been misled about the game's nature,<ref>{{cite news|title=Idaho instant horse racing ban awaits Otter's signature|newspaper=KTVB-TV|location=Boise, ID|author=Justin Corr|date=March 26, 2015|url=http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/capitol-watch/2015/03/26/instant-horse-racing-governor-desk/70511272/|accessdate=2015-10-04}}</ref> but the ban was [[veto]]ed by Governor [[Butch Otter]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Coeur d'Alene Tribe takes betting machine battle to court|newspaper=The Coeur d' Alene Press|agency=AP|date=June 4, 2015|url=http://www.cdapress.com/news/idaho_news/article_329b5f47-af54-514e-87e9-650ed7e8a28f.html|accessdate=2015-10-04}}</ref> However, the [[Coeur d'Alene people|Coeur d'Alene Tribe]], which operates a casino that competes with the racetracks, successfully sued to invalidate Otter's veto, and the ban went into effect in September 2015, resulting in the shutdown of the state's historical racing parlors.<ref>{{cite news|title=Idaho Supreme Court rejects Otter veto; ‘instant racing’ machines banned|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, WA|author=Betsy Z. Russell|date=September 11, 2015|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/sep/11/idaho-supreme-court-rejects-otter-veto-instant/|accessdate=2015-10-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Track officials 'devastated' by ban on horse racing machines|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|agency=AP|author=Kimberlee Kruesi|date=September 11, 2015|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/sns-bc-id--instant-racing-illegal-20150911-story.html|accessdate=2015-10-04}}</ref> A ballot initiative to re-legalize the machines, [[Idaho Proposition 1 (2018)|Proposition 1]], was rejected by voters in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Idaho blocks historical horse racing measure|newspaper=Idaho Statesman|author1=Cynthia Sewell|author2=Audrey Dutton|date=November 6, 2018|url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/latest-news/article221232440.html|accessdate=2019-05-26}}</ref>
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Virginia enacted a law to allow historical wagering in April 2018, in an effort to make it economically viable to reopen the state's only horse track, [[Colonial Downs]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Northam signs legislation aimed at reopening Colonial Downs, ordering 'reasonable limitations on the proliferation of gaming in Virginia'|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|author=Michael Martz|date=April 9, 2018|url=http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/general-assembly/northam-signs-legislation-aimed-at-reopening-colonial-downs-ordering-reasonable/article_6de9b63f-2a89-5b65-a7c0-bd4fc31e63da.html|accessdate=2018-04-28}}</ref> The racetrack's historical racing parlor opened in April 2019, with additional machines to follow at several off-track betting parlors around the state, branded as Rosie's Gaming Emporium.<ref>{{cite news|title=Local officials, gaming fans welcome Rosie's to New Kent|newspaper=The Virginia Gazette|author=Rodrigo Arriaza|date=April 23, 2019|url=https://www.vagazette.com/news/va-vg-tr-rosies-opening-0424-story.html|accessdate=2019-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Second Rosie's Gaming Emporium opens in advance of racing's return to Colonial Downs|publisher=Colonial Downs Group|date=May 9, 2019|url=https://www.paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/second-rosies-gaming-emporium-opens-in-advance-of-racings-return-to-colonial-downs/|via=Paulick Report|accessdate=2019-05-26}}</ref>
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