Kentucky Online Gambling Case Continued
September 27, 2008
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Even though Kentucky wants to know who owns the Domains of the online gambling sites, attorneys refuse to give the names.
A Chicago attorney representing the state, Robert Foote, said: “no one has standing” to appear before the court until a person or corporation is named.”
“A domain name has no right to have a lawyer, only a corporation or person can have a lawyer,” Foote said. “And no one here is going to tell you they represent anyone.”
To read the full story on this update:
http://www.newsandtribune.com/
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Stay tuned as this develops!
Amicus Brief Submitted by PPA in Kentucky Seizure
September 26, 2008
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In a hearing that started today the PPA Submitted a “amicus curiae”, which means friend of the court. It gives in detail several points as to why the seizure should be overturned.
Poker is a game of skill, and is not considered gambling according to the Kentucky Laws, and the PPA is pointing this along with several other points in today’s hearings.
Poker players in Kentucky and the PPA are not taking the action by Governor Beshear and the court lightly.
To read all about this and the other points the PPA are making:
http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/09/ppa-files-amicus-brief-kentucky-poker-domain-seizure.htm
How many more of trying to take our freedom’s will there be? The question is yet to be seen. We will let you know what happens in court, as we get it.
Kentucky Seizes Poker Sites
September 24, 2008
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This is just another way for the States to try and get their way to try and stop us from enjoying the internet.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear announced yesterday that he is trying to shut down illegal Internet gambling in Kentucky, though some industry experts say his chances of success aren’t good.
Beshear said at a news conference that illegal and unregulated gambling Web sites — many of which operate from other countries — are “leeches on our communities” and unfairly undermine Kentucky’s horse-racing industry.
In what he called a potentially groundbreaking case, Beshear said he filed a civil suit last week in Franklin Circuit Court against 141 Internet domain names, such as pokerstars.com and fulltiltpoker.com.
The governor said Kentucky law allows the state to seize devices used in illegal gambling — in this case, the domain names.
According to Beshear, the suit asks the court to force the sites to block access by Kentucky users or relinquish control of their domain names.
After the suit was filed, the administration received an order from Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate requiring the immediate transfer of the domain names to the state. After the state’s suit was filed, Wingate sealed it for undisclosed reasons, said Beshear spokesman Jay Blanton.
Wingate scheduled a hearing for Thursday on whether the domain names must be forfeited to the state.
By seizing those Internet names, the Beshear administration said, the state can require the casino operators to block their sites from being accessed in Kentucky.
But David Stewart, a Washington, D.C., attorney who is an expert in gambling law, doubted that Beshear’s strategy will work.
“This is — forgive me for being blunt — a stunt,” Stewart said.
Other states, such as New York, have tried to prosecute operators of illegal gambling sites to little avail, he said.
But because most of the Internet gambling operations are based in foreign countries, it is difficult to eliminate them, Stewart said.
Some of the sites are:
• AbsolutPoker.com
• BodogLife.com
• CakePoker.com
• DoylesRoom.com
• FullTiltPoker.com
• MicroGaming.com
• PlayersOnly.com
• PokerStars.com
• PokerTime.com
• UltimateBet.com
• Wsex.com
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For the PPA’s responce to this:
Stand up for your rights to do what you want to do in your own homes!
