Kentucky Banning Online Poker?
There has been a recent development of online poker portals banning players from the U.S. state of Kentucky. That’s because an idiotic, simple minded Kentucky judge tried to eradicate internet gambling altogether by seizing 141 of the world’s largest domain names. The reason: In part to protect the state’s horse racing industry and state lottery.
Now, as I have written before, this is not only something that would affect people who live in this state. If this is allowed to happen, it would basically mean that every online gambling site would have to be compliant with every local law everywhere across the whole world. This would, of course, pretty much kill online poker and online gambling in general.
Now, it remains to be seen how legal this move by the dumb state of Kentucky is, as it will obviously be challenged legally. Even poker legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson has weighed in on the subject and is joining the good fight. “I’m not going to go into all the legal issues, but Kentucky is in for a hell of a battle and every legal opinion I’ve heard says they don’t have a chance of winning,” he wrote on his blog.
So, many sites are now in turn blocking residents of Kentucky from joining, which is unfortunate for these law abiding citizens who just want to play online poker, but live in a state with a Draconian government. Let’s hope the state of Kentucky loses this battle.
