Online Casinos United States - for US Casino Players

Lawyers representing online gambling interests told the Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday that Gov. Steve Beshear's attempts to confiscate domain names that accepted US casino players is blatantly unconstitutional.

A three-judge panel is weighing Beshear's move to seize the domain names of 141 casino gambling Web sites.

Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate allowed the Cabinet for Justice and Public Safety to confiscate the domain names last month. The confiscation, at this point, is meaningless because the state can not control the content of the Web sites until a judge orders the domain names confiscated by the state.

A confiscation hearing has been stayed pending a ruling from the Court of Apeals.
Lawyers representing 6 domain names, two online casino gambling trade groups and The Poker Players Alliance said the cabinet's move is littered with legal and constitutional flaws.

The owners of casino gambling sites that accepted US casino players did not appear in court Friday and have not directly participated in the lawsuit. Instead, proxy owners of six domain names and two trade groups have sought to represent their interests.