In a radio interview Wednesday, Bevin said: "Every night somewhere in America, somebody takes their life in a casino because they've wasted the last semblance of dignity and hope that they had." Bevin says "families are ruined" due to gambling.
Kentucky's Republican governor made the comments on WKDZ without offering evidence.
He also claimed that revenue from expanded gambling and legalizing marijuana would still leave a shortfall.
"If we all wanted to gamble and smoke pot at the same time it would still be 200 years just to earn the money we already owe today," Bevin said.
His Democratic challenger, Andy Beshear, wants to push for expanded gambling as a revenue resource to support chronically underfunded public pension systems.
Bevin says there's "no political appetite" for expanded gambling in Kentucky.
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