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All over the United States and the world, to be perfectly honest, the horse racing industry is dwindling.  In order to save horse racing many politicians and venue owners are turning to slot machines.  However, it is well known that that is not the route Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear chose to pursue.  When he saw horse racing revenues dropping of more and more each year, he decided to place the blame on online casinos and the rest of the Internet gambling industry.

This is the reason he came up with an elaborate scheme to seize the domain names of 141 online casinos as if they were gambling devices and not international web based businesses.  A true story, although it may seem like the plotting of a super villain.

Now Beshear may live to see his worst nightmare come true.  This Saturday, the Kentucky Derby is set to be run. The Kentucky Derby is the most important event in all of the Kentucky gambling industry.  Unfortunately for Beshear, the forecast for this Saturday is rain.  This bad news for Kentucky may prove to be great news for online casinos and online gambling as many residents in Kentucky may choose to wager on the race from the dryness of their home.

Beshear’s plan almost succeeded last year.  A lower court judged approved the seizure of the online casino domain names, but it was not long before that ruling was overturned by a Court of Appeals in a case versus the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association.

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