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The Lowdown
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Oct. 7, 2008 Post
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Today's
hearing in Kentucky on that state's attempt
confiscate 141 gambling related domain names from their
rightful owners has ended with the judge announcing he
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consider the
issues before announcing a decision. Gambling911.com,
a gaming industry news site, posted a nicely detailed
live blog covering the events at today's hearing.
During the
hearing Edward Leyden, the attorney for iMEGA,
an online gaming trade association, pointed out the
hypocrisy surrounding Kentucky's claim as that state
sanctions an online horse race betting site (TwinSpires.com)
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Louisville's Churchill
Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby. Leyden said
under federal law states are prohibited from engaging in
discrimination as a means of eliminating competition and
that this attempt to take over domain names is
unconstitutional. "Here's how I react to it. Kentucky
Governor Beshear needs to read the
constitution," Leyden said.
An attorney from Greenberg
Trauig pointed out that online gambling is not
implicitly illegal in the commonwealth of Kentucky. There
are 7 states that do prohibit it but Kentucky is not one of them.
(Posted
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7,
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