Are the Domain Names, by reason of their illegal or unlawful use, gambling devices?
Reply: The Judge says that he follows the spirit of the Kentucky gambling device description and because the 141 domain names connect to ‘virtual casinos’, they act as gambling devices. • Is poker “Gambling” as defined by KRS 528.010(3)? Reply: Because poker has all 3 elements that define gambling: the element of chance, risking something of value for a chance to win a prize, and the awarding of a prize to the successful player, that online poker is gambling. FRIEND OF COURT In his opinion, the judge noted that only PPA, iMEGA, the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) and Network Solutions Inc (NSI) have ‘friend-of-court status’ and can continue to “present briefs and memoranda for purposes of informing the court of the ever-changing facets of the Internet,” but they could not represent any domain. GAMBLING & INTERNET COMMUNITY REACTION “Clearly, we believe the judge in this case got it wrong,” said John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance(PPA). “First of all, we st
