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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Courts - "Kentucky Supreme Court to hear online gambling case"
Updating a long list of earlier entries, the most recent from Feb. 1st of this year, Stephenie Steitzer of the Louisville Courier Journal reports this afternoon in a long story that begins:
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Online gambling proponents say Gov. Steve Beshear is moving against a national tide with his effort to block Kentuckians from visiting Internet casinos.Attorneys for the administration will argue before the Kentucky Supreme Court Thursday that the state had the right to attempt to seize 141 gambling domain names last fall. A Franklin Circuit Court judge upheld the move, but the Court of Appeals overturned that decision.
At least three states — California, Florida and New Jersey — are studying the idea of regulating and taxing some form of online gambling, said Joe Brennan Jr., chairman of the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association, a Washington-based industry group.
And Rep. Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is pushing a bill that would do the same at the federal level. The bill, which is before Frank’s committee, has attracted 62 co-sponsors, including some Republicans.
“In the statehouses there is more interest in online gambling than there ever has been in the past,” Brennan said. “States need to find ways to fill in budget gaps.”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 21, 2009 04:45 PM
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