FRANKFORT — Betting on sports would become legal in Kentucky, under a measure approved Monday by the state House.

Although the prospects for House Bill 551 are uncertain in the Senate, it comfortably won bipartisan passage in the House by a 63-34 vote.

This is the second year in a row the House has voted to legalize gambling on sports. 

The bill’s sponsor, ​​Rep. Michael Meredith, R-Oakland, has said that while tax revenue generated by the legislation is anticipated to bring only $23 million to the state, that’s potential money “not being given to any government right now or being given to one of our border states.”