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Kentucky's 2008 Domain Seizure Lawsuit Lands Them $6 Million

Mben

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Kentucky officials announced Wednesday that the state is receiving $6.075 million in an online poker case settlement.Kentucky officials filed a lawsuit in 2008 to seize 141 domain names that it alleged were involved in illegal internet gambling in the state. Later, Kentucky joined lawsuits filed by federal prosecutors against some of the same internet domain names in the Kentucky case. The settlement is between Kentucky and those prosecutors, the state announced.Gov. Steve Beshear said in a statement that the efforts help protect our signature horse racing industry and legitimate charitable gaming interests. Beshear said the funds would be put in the state's General Fund.But the settlement far from ends the issues of online poker and Internet gambling, which are hot topics in the Congress and in state legislatures. Louisville-based Churchill Downs Inc. hopes to conduct online gambling if it is legalized by Congress and/or individual states.<a href="http://blogs.courier-journal.com/horsebiz/2013/06/19/kentucky-gets-6-million-in-online-poker-case-settlement/#sthash.ozd9VB4f.dpuf" >source</a>
 

Mben

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So the domain seizures were more or less the end of online gambling as we knew it in the USA and look who walks with a substantial amount of money! I know Gov. Steve Beshear said that the efforts were to help protect our signature horse racing industry and legitimate charitable gaming interests. and that the funds would be put in the state's General Funds but who oversees the General Funds? Politicians, I'm sure!So a government (state or federal) got the ball rolling to take our liberties away and they (politicians) end up with the kitty! Doesn't seem fair!
 

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