The Court of Appeals in Kentucky has granted a motion to stay on the forfeiture hearing for the 141 gambling domains that were seized by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The hearing, originally scheduled for December 3, will now take place on December 12. The motion to stay was filed by the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming [...]

Poker website DoylesRoom.com released a statement to customers today (PDF) informing them that the site would begin blocking access from several States starting October 30th.  Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Washington and of course Kentucky were listed as the States that whose IP addresses would be [...]

The Kentucky Circuit Court has dismissed all objections raised by the representatives of the 141 gambling domains that are subject to seizure by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Last month, the Commonwealth of Kentucky seized a number of gambling domain names because the “domains were being used in connection with illegal gambling activity.” The names included widely [...]

Jeremiah Johnston, the president of the Internet Commerce Association has responded to Kentucky’s seizure of 141 gambling domain names. “The Internet Commerce Association is aware of the extreme concern of ICA members regarding the action of the Kentucky Attorney General ordering the seizure of 141 gaming related domain names. It appears that there may be no [...]

The Commonwealth of Kentucky has issued a seize order to have 141 domain names taken from their current registrants. The seizure was placed because the “domains were being used in connection with illegal gambling activity.” There were a number of popular gambling sites listed for seizure including PokerStars.com, FullTiltPoker.com, BodogLife.com, GoldenPalace.com, Bet21.com, DoylesRoom.com and also Rick Schwartz’ [...]