Commandeers 141 playing site domain names
By Jack Brammer
jbrammer@herald-leader.com

FRANKFORT — Kentucky is commandeering 141 domain names of Internet gambling sites in a novel legal move to crack down on the unregulated industry.

Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate ordered the names transferred to the state last week, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Monday.

Sites affected include such names as caribbeangold.com and sportsbook.com.

If officials get their way at a Sept. 25 forfeiture hearing, the state will control the domain names and can ask Web registrars to block access to the sites, said Justice and Public Safety Secretary J. Michael Brown.

Kentucky would become the first state to seize a gambling operation’s domain name, Brown said.

He acknowledged that such a move could block access to the domains worldwide, but said he was interested only in its effect on Kentucky.
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