Kentucky Case in Appeals Court

It looks like the online casinos in Kentucky will have to wait some more while their victorious case now goes to the court of appeals. Less than two days after the Kentucky courtrooms ruled against the claims from Governor Beshear that the internet domain names were gambling devices. The Kentucky Appellate court ruled against the Governor and after a moment of silence from Beshear and his legal team, the whole media circus is back in the court rooms again. They are not stopping in the Kentucky court rooms. It appears that they are going to take this case all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court, according to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. The online casino domains still remain seized.

The seizure of the online casino domains is the same thing as seizing a land based casino. That is what the lawyer of the online casinos, Mr. Fleischaker stressed during the trial. There was definitely a healthy dose of skepticism held by a majority of the judges dealing with the case in regards to the claims that were being made by the Governor. One of the major points that a judge made during the trial was when Judge Jeff Taylor asked the prosecution how the government could seize these online casino domains without first prosecuting the owners. No matter what is decided in this case it is surely to affect the internet as a whole, not just in the state of Kentucky. The secretary of the Justice and Public Safety, J. Michael Brown said, “The evidence demonstrated that illegal and unregulated activity is occurring in Kentucky, and that millions of dollars are being lost as a result of that activity, a fact that wasn’t disputed in Tuesday’s ruling.”