Kentucky Appeals in Internet Gaming Case - Poker News Daily

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The internet gambling industry didn’t have to wait long to find out the next step in the case involving the seizure and potential forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names. Poker News Daily has obtained the Notice of Appeal filed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The matter may now head to the State Supreme Court.

The appeal, which was filed on Wednesday, reads, “Notice is hereby given that the Respondent, Commonwealth of Kentucky ex rel. J. Michael Brown, Secretary, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, by and through counsel, hereby appeals the January 20, 2009 Order Granting Petition for Writ of Prohibition.” The Writ, which was filed by the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) and the Interactive Gaming Council (IGC), was submitted to the Court of Appeals in Kentucky, which elected to hear the case. In December, a one hour hearing occurred in a court room in Louisville, the state’s largest city, located down the interstate from Frankfort, the site of a lower court hearing.

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