by HorseMinute.com | Apr 15, 2026 | Horse Law News
Kentucky has enacted HB 904, a comprehensive gambling reform bill that notably raises the legal sports betting age from 18 to 21 and legalizes fixed-odds wagering on horse racing with proper licensing. The law also restricts certain negative-outcome player prop bets...
by HorseMinute.com | Apr 15, 2026 | Horse Law News
The Kentucky Senate and House have successfully overridden Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of HB 904, known as the “Wagering Consumer Protection Act,” which will become law in 90 days. This legislation raises the state’s sports betting age from 18 to 21, prohibits bets...
by HorseMinute.com | Apr 15, 2026 | Horse Law News
Governor Patrick Morrisey signed Senate Bill 1060 into law on April 13, 2026, aiming to strengthen West Virginia’s thoroughbred horse racing industry. The bill doubles the funding cap for restricted races at state tracks from $1 million to $2 million and includes...
by HorseMinute.com | Apr 14, 2026 | Horse Law News
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear vetoed House Bill 904, which aimed to raise the minimum sports betting age from 18 to 21 and introduce new regulations such as banning player props on Kentucky colleges and authorizing fixed-odds horse racing wagers. Beshear’s veto was...
by HorseMinute.com | Apr 14, 2026 | Horse Law News
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot stated that Viktor Orban’s defeat in Hungary’s parliamentary elections marks the loss of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “Trojan horse” within the European Union. Orban, who has led Hungary...
by HorseMinute.com | Apr 14, 2026 | Horse Law News
Evan Williams, a renowned Welsh Grand National-winning horse trainer, has been sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a 72-year-old dog walker, Martin Dandridge, on his property in Llancarfan, south Wales. Williams repeatedly struck Dandridge with a hockey...
