Governor Beshear of Kentucky is taking a stand against Internet gambling in a new way that hasn't been tried before. He is stating that Internet gambling sites like Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker are illegally operating gambling devices in Kentucky where there is a law against any illegal gambling devices. 

Beshear is trying to get the courts to order the site domain names such as pokerstars.com and fulltiltpoker.com considered to be instruments (devices) that are being used in Internet gambling. He hopes to be able to have the state take over the domain names and then shut them down, or perhaps even use them for his own marketing purposes.

There will be a hearing on Sept. 25 to rule on this matter. It would be quite a coup if he succeeded.

What's hypocritical about Beshear is that he campaigned heavily on increased gambling in the state and is a big fan of the tax revenues that gambling infuses to the state coffers. I'm pretty sure he's not on a moral crusade by any means, but instead is on a political crusade to court the evangelicals as well as the racetrack operators, state lottery, and other legalized gambling beneficiaries in the state on his side. You have to chuckle at the irony of racetrack operators and evangelicals wanting the same thing... then again... they're all about money anyway, and that's all that motivates Beshear as well.

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