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Updated: 7:57 PM Sep 22, 2008
Gov. Beshear Seeking To Block Online Gambling
The governor is looking to make sure all bets are off for more than 140 online gambling Web sites that operate in the state. Posted: 5:43 PM Sep 22, 2008 |
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's pro-gambling governor is looking to make sure all bets are off for more than 140 online gambling Web sites that operate in the state that's home to the world's biggest horse race.
Gov. Steve Beshear says his administration is asking a Franklin
County Circuit Court judge to give the state control of 141 gambling Web sites. Beshear says he's looking to restrict access to Web sites with names such as desperatehousewivesbingo.com or reeferpoker.com.
Kentucky Justice Secretary J. Michael Brown says the state has
already seized the domain names and is seeking forfeiture.
A hearing is scheduled for Thursday before Judge Thomas Wingate.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Posted by: zack
Location: paris
on Sep 25, 2008 at 06:50 AM
I have said it many of times the GOV is full of it all the time he is saying something dumb. I have hated this man the day he started about the flags
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Posted by: Pam
Location: East Point
on Sep 24, 2008 at 01:27 AM
I think it's great to block internet gambling--if it's at all possible! As another person stated, stopping anything on the net is very difficult. When you think you've got something stopped, another one pops up somewhere else. So if it can be done, I'm all for it. Gambling may be addictive is one thing; but when it comes to children having access to it is quite another.
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Posted by: freckle-1
Location: lexington
on Sep 23, 2008 at 10:47 PM
I really do not understand the big deal about casinos. I see our school children working in the bingo parlors trying to get money for team sports, schools and churches hosting poker/casino nights to raise money but grow adults can not make a decision to gamble? I guess in Lexington it is ok to gamble if you are getting money for a good cause, gambling on horse racing or lottery. How do you decide if one form of gambling is ok and another is not? Please can somebody tell me?
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