Kentucky is really sticking to their guns on the online casino domain name case.  Now that the issues has been elevated to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, all the chips are on the table; so to speak.

Attorneys representing Kentucky have decided to stick with the original argument that worked for them in the Circuit Court a little over a year ago.  They are arguing that the state has the right to seize the domain name of online casinos offering services to Kentucky residents just as they state has the right to seize gambling devices found in the state.

The whole crux of their case is to convince the court that online casinos are gambling devices.  If they succeed they will succeed in redefining how domain names are looked at as business tools.

The best hope that online casinos have is that there are judges on the Supreme Court that are hip to the absurdity of this claim.  In Justice Lisabeth Abramson, it appears online casinos just might be so lucky.

“Aren't you just trying to use a 30-year-old statute that talks about tangible property to get to Internet gambling?” questioned Justice Abramson.  In her line of questioning Justice Abramson indicates that Kentucky is just trying to be a law that existed long before the advent of online casinos to serve their own political agenda.  

Attorney Eric Lycan, on behalf of the Kentucky government, argued that in order for the law to be effective it was meant to be interpreted broadly.