Allowing bettors to wager on horse races that have already happened is needed to save the horse racing industry in Nebraska, a state senator says.

Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh of Omaha says instant racing terminals
should be allowed at licensed horseracing tracks as a way to boost
revenue for the industry and the state. He says it also could
create jobs.

Opponents say adding the machines merely expands gambling and does nothing to help Nebraskans.

The Judiciary Committee on Wednesday heard more than an hour and a half of testimony on Legislative Bill 806, which would allow
betting at gambling machines that show races from a library of tens
of thousands of old races.

Supporters argue it would not be expanded gambling because the machines would be at horse tracks.