Court Opinion

ID: 9762350
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 02:20:50.318716+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:32.975912
License: Public Domain

EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Judge
(dissenting).
For these reasons I respectfully dissent from the majority in this case. I agree with the majority that bingo violates Section 226 of our Constitution. By the same token, I think pari-mutuel betting on horse races also violates the same section of the Constitution. Both constitute lotteries. In view of the millions of dollars invested in the racing business since Commonwealth v. Kentucky Jockey Club, 238 Ky. 739, 38 S.W.2d 987 (1931), was decided, I would invoke the rule of stare decisis and let stand Kentucky Jockey Club, supra. However, I would follow City of Ashland v. Heck’s, Inc., Ky., 407 S.W.2d 421 (1966), and refuse to interfere with bingo. Any other course to me amounts to judicial dishonesty.