Kentucky Online Gambling Domain Hearing Reconvenes October 7
vishwambar wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
The Commonwealth of Kentucky will be in court again October 7 to face off against the online gambling industry.
Kentucky received court permission to seize 141 gambling Web sites’ domain names as it tries to put them out of business there. Gov. Steve Beshear (D) said at a press conference that the gambling-friendly state is taking “unprecedented action” against sites that “siphon off money from regulated and legal games,” such as the state lottery and thoroughbred racing. Kentucky has lost “tens of millions” to unlicensed gambling, he said.
But the online gambling industry was well represented in numbers and quality of its legal counsel.
The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA.org) has been granted standing and issued a Motion to Dismiss.
“I have a good feeling about our Motion,” expressed Edward Leyden, President of iMEGA, who was on hand during Friday‘s postponed hearing. “County Judge Thomas Wingate is a very straight forward common [...]
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