Kentucky Targets PartyGaming

August 20, 2010 | News Category: Gaming Law

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The state of Kentucky is in the news again for yet another attempt at attacking online gambling companies. The state of Kentucky has attempted to seize a large number of online gambling domain names that are being used by online gambling sites.

There have been a number of court cases with the state of Kentucky doing all they can to try and make some of their claims stick. Up until now, they have been unsuccessful, and the odds are that they will continue to be unsuccessful in most of their attempts against the online gambling sites. Of course, it is not yet clear what the final outcome of the court case regarding the online domain names will be, yet Kentucky officials continue to add amendments into their appeals.

The latest appeal and amendment added by the state of Kentucky is that they have added the very well known online gambling company, Party Gaming, to their list of companies that the state has cited as one that has broken the law. This law, however, is not entirely clear, and the future of the online casino domain name case is also not clear.

It is, however, somewhat of a surprise that Party Gaming has been added to the list at this time, since it is a very large company, and has already come to a multi-million dollar agreement with the United States federal authorities regarding any pre-UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) activities that they conducted in the United States.

The time period that has been cited by the state of Kentucky with regards to the questionable operations by Party Gaming seems to have its main focus on the time which immediately preceded the passage of the UIGEA in 2006.

There are a number of other large companies that have also been cited by the state of Kentucky, such as the well known Pocket Kings. Pocket Kings is known for their connection the Full Tilt Poker company that has not stopped offering their poker rooms to players in the Untied States even after the UIGEA has been implemented. There are, of course, many who argue that poker itself if a game of skill, and therefore should not be placed with other online gambling games and sites when trying to figure out where they stand as far as the UIGEA is concerned.

At this time, there has not yet been any comment issued from PartyGaming regarding their inclusion in the state of Kentucky’s list.