Posts Tagged ‘Crack’
FRANKFORT -- A national group for poker players is accusing Gov. Steve Beshear of dealing gamblers a bad hand in trying to crack down on illegal and unregulated Internet gambling. John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, a non-profit, poker grassroots advocacy group that claims more than 1 million members nationwide and more than 13,000 in Kentucky, said his group is "outraged" that Beshear is trying to obtain the Web domain names of 141 Internet gambling sites. A hearin
State cracks down on Net gambling (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
FRANKFORT . Kentucky is commandeering 141 domain names of Internet gambling sites in a novel legal move to crack down on the unregulated industry. Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate ordered the names transferred to the state last week, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Monday. Sites affected include such names as caribbeangold.com and sportsbook.com. If officials get their way at a ...
Kentucky tries to crack down on Internet gambling
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
FRANKFORT -- Kentucky is going to court to try to stop illegal and unregulated Internet gambling sites, which Gov. Steve Beshear calls "leeches on our communities." Beshear and Justice and Public Safety Secretary J. Michael Brown announced Monday at a Capitol news conference that Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate last Thursday ordered the transfer of domain names of 141 illegal Internet gambling sites to the state. They included such names as carribeangold.com and sportsbook.com. The ne
