Kentucky Seizes Online Gambling Domains

The recent turn of events in the State of Kentucky has definitely raised the industry's attention, as companies prepare to deal with a situation in which their domains will be forfeited by the state. Although keeping cool, the decision by Franklin County Circuit judge has caused some worries.

The State will decide today, Thursday, whether they can and will seize the 141 domains singled out. Governor Steve Beshear will head a Commonwealth of Kentucky hearing on the issue, after the judge has handed him the domain names.

Beshear wants these companies' tax money, he said. He continued and referred to them as "leeches on our communities" in a press conference earlier this week.

What about the companies then? Referback have been one of the potentially affected companies to send out an update email. In it, they kept their comments strictly business, certainly avoiding such language as that used by the Governor.

So far, the email read the .com sites are still up and running. No other casinos on the list were being closed at this stage, they said, apart from two sites that voluntarily closed the .com domains down.

The industry will try to push for a "friendly" settlement, one that will allow casinos on this list to be  keep their .com domains, providing that they close the doors to the State of Kentucky and do not allow any players (new and current) from this state to register and/or play.

Lastly, there is no call for immediate action, as nothing, so far, has changed.