FRANKFORT — A bill to allow race tracks to operate slot machines was placed on the House's agenda this week, though an actual vote is not guaranteed.

        Majority Leader Greg Stumbo, the virtually singlehanded gatekeeper of House legislation, forwarded the bill during a meeting of the House's powerful rules committee on Monday.

        Asked when the House might take it up, Mr. Stumbo quipped: “When it's got 51 votes in the House and 20 in the Senate.”

        In other words, the House will not vote on it until backers have rounded up enough votes in both chambers for passage.

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