Kentucky Sees Bill To Ban Online GamingLawmaker Wants To Shut Down Online Gaming Cafes |
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A Kentucky lawmaker is looking to make facilitating online gambling illegal in his state.
Sen. Mike Wilson, a Republican, pre-filled his bill, BR229, for the 2015 legislative session. He aims to combat Internet gaming cafes that have popped up in Kentucky over recent years.
“What they’ve done is they’ve taken away the charitable gaming from people like our veterans who are the VFW and the American Legion, which I’m a member there also. As well as, the Knights of Columbus, it’s really hurt them big time,” Wilson told wbko.com.
Basically, he is looking to clarify existing gambling law on the books to cover “electronic device[s] used to facilitate Internet gambling.”
Kentucky has expressed discontent with Internet gambling sites located offshore. In September 2008, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that the state would attempt to seize 141 domain names that were registered to online companies, including sites associated with PokerStars, Full Tilt, DoylesRoom, Bodog, Absolute Poker, UltimateBet and Cake Poker.
Court battles ensued, but the seizures never happened.
Despite the state’s clear-cut opposition to online gambling, poker players in Kentucky who are, to this day, still accessing offshore sites don’t have to worry about getting in trouble with the law. Wilson’s bill will not change (criminalize) that.
However, the bill does seem to suggest that Kentucky will not be legalizing online poker—not that it was expected to be anyways. Just Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware have legal web poker.
Here’s a look at the bill:
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