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December 3, 2008

In accordance with the Franklin County, Kentucky, Circuit Court’s recent orders, Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet have announced that they will now be blocking the IP addresses of Kentucky residents. The poker sites say that they will no longer be able to access the sites, even though the rest of the US still can.

Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG owns Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, and still allows US residents to access their poker sites. However, they will no longer be able to do so. The company released a press release that said that they are going to be blocking the access to the poker sites as the Commonwealth of Kentucky has decreed that it is illegal to participate in online poker playing in their state.

They will allow those that already have accounts with the poker sites to log on and withdraw their funds, but they will not be able to make any further deposits or transfers within their account. They said that they have done this so that those poker players that do not reside in Kentucky can still access their accounts and benefit from playing on the sites.

They want those that want to continue playing poker at their sites that do not live in Kentucky to be able “to enjoy playing online poker without disruption or inconvenience.” This should release them from the seizure of their poker site domain names as has been threatened by the state of Kentucky. Governor Beshear is attempting to gain access to the domain names of those that allow Kentucky residents to participate in online poker and gambling – and this move should put them in the clear.