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Kentucky High Court Orders Online Poker Site to Pay State $1B for Illegal Gambling

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled last month that an online poker company must pay more than $1 billion to the state for illegal gambling losses in a court battle that began a decade ago. The ruling from the state’s high …

Judge Orders Online Poker Company to Pay Kentucky $870M

A Kentucky state judge ordered an online poker company to pay Kentucky $870 million and sternly rebuked the company for making “a calculation that breaking the law was good for business.” Casino-style gambling is illegal in Kentucky. Yet between 2006 …