Louisville nonprofit ‘very concerned’ Kentucky law could end its donations from charitable gaming | News from WDRB [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Shirley’s Way runs a charitable gaming facility on Dixie Highway in southwest Louisville with the proceeds donated to families impacted by cancer. It looks like your average casino, but founder Mike Mulrooney said $600,000 has been donated just in 2024.

“We’re using the money for the good of the community,” Mulrooney said Wednesday.

The Shirley’s Way Gaming Room features 35 new digital pull tab machines that are designed to help cancer patients pay medical bills. But right now, Mulrooney is worried he won’t be able to help these families.

Senate Bill 299, which passes the Kentucky legislature earlier this month, eliminates the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and the Department of Charitable Gaming and replaces it with a new, combined committee called the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation.

“We’re very concerned that this could be the beginning of the end,” Mulrooney said. “We’re considered competition to the HHR …