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Online Casinos Relieved

The online casino gambling industry was able to breathe a sigh of relief this week as the Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned the previous ruling that would have allowed the State of Kentucky to seize as many as 141 domain names. The entire situation bordered on absurd and the amount of media attention showered on the entire circus of an event also bordered on absurd. The fact that the situation even had to go to an appeals court had individuals all over the world shocked by the audacity of the US. Sites from online casinos to information portals and even bingo sites were all susceptible to the planned seizure. But luckily, the ruling from the Kentucky Court of Appeals was handed down on the same day that the online poker gambling industry gained hope that a new president may affect some real change in US gaming and gambling policies: Inauguration Day.

The recent ruling was definitely a relief and means that it could be the end of the issue if Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear lets the situation rest. But even with the relief, there is still a fair bit of frustration from the online casino gambling industry. Gambling sites that were facing seizure and were unsure about the Court of Appeal’s ruling were forced to take costly alternative actions in an effort to preserve their gambling brands and business if the seizure order stood up in the Court of Appeals. Online gambling sites such as Bingo Knights and 123 Bingo changed their domain names last month in reaction to the first court’s ruling.

Additionally, organizations such as iMEGA and the PPA were forced to move manpower from other initiatives to the Kentucky situation. In the end, the Appellate judge agreed with lawyers representing iMEGA, the registrars, and the online casinos – the current Kentucky State law can not be interpreted to include gambling domain names as an “illegal gambling device” no matter which way you look at it.