I don't mine video games, but don't appreciate them taking over the entire casino. You guessed it, that entire carousel was replaced with video games. I enjoy playing the classic slots and returned yesterday with hopes of playing my favorite 25 cents slot machine where you can play 5 quarters at time. When I questioned a lady employee (who really didn't want to talk to me), she admitted quietly that if the players are winning those machines are out of here within the week.

A month ago I won $250.00 on a 50 cent machine, a week later I went back only to find they had removed the entire carousel. In my most recent trips I've noticed that the casino manager has been systematically removing all the Classic slot machines where the player had better odds of winning. However, just like Metropolis and Atlantic City, the mirage of gambling’s promise eventually wears off leaving too many community members broken and an economy unstable.If your a slot player beware! I play at this casino three or four times a year and have won several times in the past. The winners will be the horse industry, 800 construction workers, the 400 full- and part-time workers who’ll run the show and Christian County and Oak Grove governments who’ll collect more tax receipts. Churchill plans to have 12 days of horse racing while the slots will likely operate 365 days a year making it clear it’s not really about horses and higher purses as much as it’s about enticing Fort Campbell soldiers and Nashvillians less than an hour’s drive away. Last Friday, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved Churchill Downs’ and Keeneland’s partnership to build a Standardbred horse track, 125-room hotel, restaurants, huge amphitheater and stage, equestrian center, event center and casino which will house up to 1,500 instant racing machines. The hype of Big Gambling’s economic feast welcoming everyone to join will likely result in a few crumbs left under the table for those fooled by the ever-so-elusive riches gambling always promises. The people of West Kentucky have many reasons to be grateful Thanksgiving week, but news of the $150-million casino expansion project in Oak Grove is not one of them.

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