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The commonwealth of Kentucky is sending mixed signals to its residents.  While the Governor is hell bent on riding the state of online casinos, the legislature has made it a priority to put the state’s gambling agenda aside in order to focus on helping the struggling economy.

Someone may need to inform Governor Steve Beshear that online casinos are no longer a priority.  The Governor, best fitted with a black hat from the Salem witch trials, intends to move forward with an appeal to the state Supreme Court; the next step in his effort to seize the domain name of 141 online casinos are related Internet gambling sites.  Recently, online casinos celebrated as the Court of Appeals ruled against Beshear’s ability to seize domain names.

Even the Kentucky House Speaker understands that gambling concerns come secondary to the economy.  In response to a question about his bill that would bring slot machines to state racing venues, he said, “We'll put it on the back burner until we resolve these (economic) issues. We've obviously got our plate full.” 

However, Beshear is not alone in sending mixed messages; he has Secretary of Kentucky Justice and Public Safety, J. Michael Brown on his side.

“The Commonwealth will continue its action to protect Kentucky citizens from illegal Internet gambling operations, and appeal the recent Court of Appeals ruling to the state Supreme Court,” said Brown.  

Kentucky citizens should be highly concerned.  Some of their elected officials believe that attacking online casinos is more important than getting the economy up and running again.

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