Kentucky Commonwealth Takes Control of First Online Gambling Domain
The commonwealth of Kentucky has taken control of an online gambling company in its first successful seizure of domain names.
LuckyPyramidCasino.com is now in the control of one Commonwealth of Kentucky Justice Cabinet Eric Lycan, it was revealed by Gambling911.com on Tuesday.
luckypyramidcasino.com is currently off line.
Gov. Steve Beshear said his administration has asked a Franklin County Circuit Court judge to give the state control of 141 gambling Web site domain names. Beshear said he's looking to restrict Kentuckians' access to Web sites with names that include some of the most popular gambling sites for U.S. players: bodoglife.com, doylesroom.com and fulltiltpoker.com.
A hearing is scheduled for Thursday before Judge Thomas Wingate.
"While he's at it he should ban Fox News and CNN from broadcasting in his home state," said one industry analyst who wished not to be named. "When you get down to it, this is about censorship plain and simple, worse than what is seen in Communist China and if I were living in Kentucky I would be outraged."
