Democratic Party candidate Andy Beshear, who pledged to legalize commercial casinos, sports betting and Kentucky online gambling if elected, has won Kentucky’s gubernatorial election. He won in the state’s main population centers, claiming Jefferson County, which includes Louisville, by almost 100,000 votes, as well as Fayette County, including the city of Lexington, by more than 35,000 votes. In September, Beshear detailed a policy under which tax revenue raised through gambling expansion would be fund a pension system for public servants such as teachers, police officers and firefighters. Beshear’s plan also requires casinos to provide financial support for treatment facilities, while…

From iGaming Business The state of Kentucky has announced that it has settled a case with online gambling company bwin in an agreement worth $15m (Eur11.5m). In accepting the payment from bwin, the state said the result related to civil filings in August 2010 “to recover online gambling losses by Kentucky residents” prior to the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Bwin exited the US market when then-President George W. Bush signed the UIGEA into law in October 2006. John Shepherd, director of corporate communications at bwin, said that the company had admitted no wrongdoing as part…

From Courier-Journal Kentucky officials announced Wednesday that the state is receiving $6.075 million in an online poker case settlement. Kentucky officials filed a lawsuit in 2008 to seize 141 domain names that it alleged were involved in illegal internet gambling in the state. Later, Kentucky joined lawsuits filed by federal prosecutors against some of the same internet domain names in the Kentucky case. The settlement is between Kentucky and those prosecutors, the state announced. Gov. Steve Beshear said in a statement that the efforts help protect “our signature horse racing industry and legitimate charitable gaming interests.” Beshear said the funds…

Kentucky will receive more than $6 million for its assassin actions of seizing gambling domains… all in some hillbilly backward attempt to curb rampant unregulated online gambling in the state, Governor Steve Beshear announced today. The settlement stems from the unprecedented action Kentucky took in 2008, when the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet filed suit to seize 141 domain names used to conduct unauthorized and unlicensed internet gambling in the Commonwealth. The case, Commonwealth of Kentucky ex rel. J. Michael Brown, Secretary, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet v. 140 Internet Domain Names, was the first of its kind in this…