iMEGA Fights Against Kentucky Seizures: 3

The Kentucky cases have been going on for a long time now. The other side of the argument that is anti online casino is quite interesting. There are public officials that are distancing themselves away from these controversial cases. The Attorney General for the state of Kentucky is scooting his way far away from these highly publicized cases. The issues behind this case are mostly due to jurisdiction. Generally cases like this are brought up to the courts by the state’s Attorney General, not the Secretary of Justice and Public Safety. Recently the Attorney General asked for his name to be removed from all of iMEGA’s paperwork that is linked with this case. He has refused to be affiliated with this case from the very beginning.

The Governor of Kentucky has definitely racked up some very hefty legal bills during the run of these online casino domain seizures. Governor Beshear is said to have applied a ‘no win, no fee’ to the Chicago lawyers that are fighting this case, and if those reports are true then the damage should not be as great as expected. The online casinos have not taken this case lying down. It was recently revealed in a 43 page ruling by Judge Thomas Wingate that PC World found information on just how long investigators spent ‘researching’ their investigation. It was found that the detectives in charge of this case spent over 500 hours at the online gambling websites and even were reportedly engaging in gambling.

There are so many pro online casino groups that are fighting the actions of the courts of Kentucky. The lawyers for the domains that have been seized have released a statement. "If allowed to stand, the courts flawed order would needlessly create uncertainty about the basic rules governing the operation of the Internet as well as the authority of courts both inside and outside of the United States to affect behavior in other jurisdictions," the groups wrote. "Moreover, if carried to its logical conclusion, the trial court's order could well impose literally billions of dollars of additional costs on individuals and businesses throughout the world that have no significant contacts with Kentucky."