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Kentucky authorities want to seize 140 Internet domain names, saying the web sites bring illegal gambling within the borders of the commonwealth. Attorneys for a trade association for the gambling web sites countered that Kentucky lacks the authority to make that move because the domain names aren’t property and, besides, they are based offshore and [...]

For those living under a rock, for at least the last month the internet gaming world has been abuzz with a development in Kentucky, where the Governor has recently tried to take control of the domain names of online gambling sites that are operating legally outside of the United States because “gambling devices” which are [...]

Kentucky is an imperfect agent for any type of gambling crackdown. Horse racing is one of its signature industries, and its governor is eager to legalize casinos. Nonetheless, Gov. Steve Beshear is right to try to shut down Internet gambling sites that, by his estimate, attract “tens of millions of dollars” each year from Kentuckians. [...]