Kentucky-Backed Online Gambling Continues Despite Case

The irony is that this promotion of Internet gambling is happening even as the host state tries to forcibly shut down all online gambling from outside the state.

Cake Poker, Absolute Poker, and Ultimate Bet have all blocked site access from Kentucky residents. Microgaming and all the casinos that use their software have withdrawn from the entire US market.

These are the cautionary measures being taken by online casinos guarding against the ongoing Kentucky case attempting seizure of 141 Internet casino domain names. And yet, online gambling continues in Kentucky, with the backing of the state.

TwinSpires.com, the online site for Churchill Downs, is once again promoting an Internet handicapping contest. Prizes consist mostly of entries into other handicapping challenges in Las Vegas, although first place does get $10,000. Buy-in is $250.

The irony is that this promotion of Internet gambling is happening even as the host state tries to forcibly shut down all online gambling from outside the state. So, the one site that Kentucky has jurisdiction over is the only one it wishes to allow to continue doing business. Meanwhile, the state attempts a glaring violation of the Commerce Clause.

All the evils and social ills decried by Governor Beshear fade when the casino involved is creating state revenue. The court case clearly becomes a method to stifle competition, not to protect citizens from unscrupulous operations.

TwinSpires.com is a primary target of the Kentucky boycott, originally suggested by Online Casino Advisory analyst Sherman Bradley and put into motion to protest the protectionist and unconstitutional actions of the state of Kentucky and its governor.