Kentucky sues to reclaim gamblers' losses online

[The Northerner]

FRANKFORT, Ky. — In a new move against the online gambling industry, Gov. Steve Beshear's administration is attempting to use an obscure state law to recover losses incurred by Kentuckians who placed bets through Web sites.

A lawsuit filed in late March in Franklin Circuit Court names as defendants the Ireland-based Pocket Kings LTD., which operates the hugely popular Full Tilt Poker Web site, and unknown entities that operate dozens of other online gambling sites.

As authorized under the law, the suit seeks to recover three times the amounts lost by Kentuckians who gambled on the Web sites.

“I think it's very bizarre,” said Louisville attorney Jon Fleischaker, who represents online gambling interests.

It's the second suit the Beshear administration has filed against online gambling sites in a battle that has attracted attention from Internet freedom and gambling experts around the country.

If the state ultimately is successful in its legal battles, popular sites such as pokerstars.com could be shut down, not just to Kentuckians but to people around the globe.

Read more: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100406/NEWS01/4070364/1008/Kentucky+sues+to+reclaim+gamblers++losses+online

[shraby]

1. I wonder how much the Governor has lost to online gaming?

Maybe he wants to recoup his losses using the law????

[Uben]

2. Yeah, like I'm gonna trust any on-line gambling site

If there is a way to cheat, they will. And there is always a way to cheat. ALWAYS!

[dembotoz]

3. alway has been a problem with dat internets

always some obscure law somewhere that makes what you do on the internet agains the law.
Should they succeed with this will there be other obscure laws to close down other sites?

I could see someone going after the porno sites.

or

perhaps politiacal sites--like du

works that way in china......

do i use poker sites
no
have i ever been on a gambling site?
-guilty--to check out the price of the buffet at a casino.... and how much tickets were to a concert....
would i miss the gambling site--prob not
but care must be taken.