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Will It Ever End?

There is just no end in site for the Kentucky fiasco related to the seizure of online casino domain names. The Kentucky state governor, Steve Beshear, has attempted to seize the domain names of domestically and foreign registered internet gambling sites in an effort to not only force the gambling sites out of the market but to also levy fines on the sites for their past activity in the market. The presiding judge in the case, Judge Wingate, has a long history at this point of postponing the rulings and court dates – and wouldn’t you know that it happened again. The latest news on this situation is that online casinos and those with threatened domain names have an additional two weeks to comply with Judge Wingate’s ruling that the sites must geoblock Kentucky gamblers or face seizure.

Microgaming was one of the first companies to immediate comply with the ruling, but some of the smaller online casinos and related companies on the list requested a stay in the case so that they would have longer to comply. Wingate approved the stay and set December 3, 2008 as the new date for compliance.

The crux of the issue facing many online casinos is that some of the sites will have a hard time proving that they no longer accept Kentucky gamblers. Huge companies like Microgaming have the funds to really effectively geoblock and install new software and technology. The smaller sites on the other hand have less resources and the previous timeframe was fairly unreasonable. Recognizing this fact Judge Wingate gave all of the threatened domain names additional time to comply with his previous ruling.