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Microgaming Protects Itself

With Kentucky’s state courts having given their approval to the state’s ridiculous attempt to impose protectionist legislation against the online slot machine and casino gambling industry, internet gambling sites are now on their guard against any attempts to seize their domains. It’s patently atrocious that anyone could possibly construe online site domains as “gambling devices,” but that’s exactly what the (obviously anti-gaming) courts have done. It’s estimated that there are one hundred forty-one sites on the World Wide Web at which Kentuckian citizens have been allowed to illegally gamble in the wake of the UIGEA. With Kentucky’s horseracing industry long-regarded as one of the most historically-significant in the country, it’s no wonder that they want to put a block on the thriving world of online slots, poker, and sports betting – all of which threatens to horn in on their profits!

Casino software giant Microgaming is doing their best to make sure that the crackdown won’t affect them. They have placed IP blocking technology on their online slot machine and casino gambling sites, and placed blocks against IP addresses from any of the thirteen American states that have explicit bans against online play. Kentucky is only one of these, but there can be no doubts that it was the reason that Microgaming employed the block!

IP blocking has been used with varying degrees of success by other nations trying to limit or ban online gambling. Hackers have found several ways around these safeguards, but the measure do show an effort on the part of casino sites to do their part to cut back on illegal activities.

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