Derby City Gaming

Derby City Gaming officially opened on Friday September 14, 2018. The 85,000 square foot, $65 million-dollar facility is Louisville, Kentucky’s only licensed gaming facility. It includes 1,000 historical racing machines, with over 70 themes, on the 45,000 square foot gaming and entertainment floor. The total project employed over 900 people, with 225 employees now working full time at the location.

History

Derby City Gaming is located at the old Louisville Downs site. Louisville Downs was originally a harness track which closed in 1991. The property featured a trackside training facility for horses and jockeys as well as spectrum betting at an off-track facility which overlooked the track. Louisville Downs was the first track in Kentucky to provide phone wagering and full card simulcast wagering. After its closure the site was bought by Churchill Downs Incorporated and was converted into a winter training facility for thoroughbreds.[1][2]

Historical racing

Kentucky's current gambling laws only allow for betting on horse racing. For this reason, there are currently no casinos in Louisville, Kentucky. At Derby City Gaming, visitors will not find slot machines or table games like Poker or Blackjack, but instead historical racing machines.

Historical horse racing machines are similar in looks to slot machines and play much like slot machines but are allowed under Kentucky gambling laws. The betting outcomes are based on actual horse race results from over 100 years of historical data to determine winning combinations with a pari-mutuel formula that determines payouts. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission granted approval for the facility in 2017.

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References
  1. "Louisville Downs". www.horseracing-tracks.com. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  2. "Churchill Downs breaks ground on new gaming facility on Poplar Level Road". WDRB. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
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