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The Kentucky nightmare began back in September.  Governor Steve Beshear decided to take on 141 online casinos by threatening to seize their domain names if they did not block Kentucky IP addresses from their websites.  The Governor moved forward based on the law in the Kentucky constitution that the state had the right to seize any and all illegal gambling devices in the state.  A lot rides on the case.  If Beshear and Kentucky win it will set the precedent that online casinos are gambling devices that can be seized by any government and no longer considered international businesses.

As the case is now being lifted to the state Supreme Court, Kentucky is still fighting on.  In an effort to extend the number of pages allowed in traditional court briefs, the commonwealth has petition the state to tack on 30 extra pages to the 50 pages traditionally allowed. 

It is not clear to everyone why Kentucky so desperately needs these 30 extra pages.  The commonwealth has argued that three Writs of Prohibition were filed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, adding up to a total of 105 pages.  Not only that but organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Poker Players Alliance submitted amicus briefs.

Chairman of the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association, Joe Brennan, thinks the extra pages are absolutely unnecessary.

“So far, their argument has boiled down to ‘a domain is a gambling device and these are very bad people who have no right to be represented in court,’” said Brennan.

“How many more pages do they need to say that?”

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