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They’re baaaack.  As much as people would have like for the IMEGA victory last year to be the end of Kentucky’s mad scientist like effort to seize 141 domain names belonging to online casinos and Internet gambling sites it was safely predicted that the state would come back for an appeals case. 

The Kentucky Clerk’s Office officially received a brief from the state at the beginning of this month.  No brief has yet been received by the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association.  They have until June to file.  The court case is likely to take place this coming summer.

IMEGA won the last encounter and successfully stopped Kentucky from seizing 141 domain names, belonging mostly to online casinos, by proving the actions of the commonwealth to beyond the powers of any state.  Kentucky is not yet ready to lie down and has found new ammunition for their fight. 

High profile court cases that centered online casinos and the Internet gambling industry are being used by Kentucky persuade the appeals court.  Tragedies like the arrest of the founders of Neteller and the guilty plea of PartyGaming cofounder Anurag Dikshit will be expected to come up in the case. 

The brief put forward by the commonwealth of Kentucky may even stand in the way of IMEGA’s further actions to help regulate online casinos in the United States.  After the previous case, Judge Mary L. Cooper granted IMEGA the right to sue in an effort to prove the unconstitutionality of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.  This latest brief attempts to undermine IMEGA’s authority to prove such a thing.

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