# twinspires.com legal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinspires-com-legal/581049>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 7, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinspires-com-legal/581049 "2011-05-07T04:22:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinspires-com-legal/581049/1 "2011-05-07T04:22:01Z")

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How is a site that lets you wager on the Kentucky Derby legal and FTP and pokerStars is not?

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinspires-com-legal/581049/2 "2011-05-08T01:44:40Z")

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Probably the same reason there are OTBs scattered in every city with a strip mall or two while getting a casino opened takes an act of god and a bankrupt state legislature.

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinspires-com-legal/581049/3 "2011-05-08T02:40:52Z")

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It probably doesn’t hurt that [Twinspires.com](http://Twinspires.com) is owned by Churchill Downs, either.