Can Kentucky kill online gambling? - Kansas City Star

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The online poker industry may once again be fundamentally changing in the United States.

First came enactment of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act on the national level back in 2006.

Now Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has taken it upon himself to try to eradicate internet gambling altogether by seizing 141 of the world’s largest domain names. The reason: In part to protect the state’s horse racing industry and state lottery.

It doesn’t seem plausible that a Governor could single-handedly order the forfeiture of domain names belonging to sites like Bodog, Absolute Poker, Ultimate Bet, PokerStars, Cake Poker, Full Tilt Poker, and Doyle’s Room. But that is exactly what has happened. If this were to happen outside the United States many would label it as “censorship” and lambaste it.

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