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States attempting to ban online casinos are running in to significant legal troubles.  Not every state is resorting to the same drastic measures as Kentucky.  Kentucky is in the middle of a legal battle to seize the domain name 141 online casinos and internet gambling site because under Kentucky law the state can seize illegal gambling device.  A brilliant plan on the part of the Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, except he has been hard pressed to reduce multibillion dollar, international companies like online casinos to nothing more than a gambling device.

Minnesota is running into a similar problem with their scheme against online casinos.  Recently the Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement division of the Minnesota public safety department requested that 11 Internet service providers block over 200 online casinos and gambling sites.

“Our only goal is to deal with online gambling,” said John Willems, director of the public safety department.

“We're not trying to shut down the sites, we're not trying to seize assets.”

Once again, Minnesota law enforcement has hinged their plan on a particular clause in their law books.  According to Minnesota state law, law enforcement officials are given the authority to demand common carriers cease the transmission of gambling information. 

This would include online casinos if cable and telecommunication companies were considered common carriers.  Back in 2005, the United States Supreme Court ruled that cable companies offering broadband services are to be considered information service providers, not common carriers.  Later that same title was extended to companies offering DSL.

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