Massive Powerball Online Lottery Won in Kentucky USA
A Kentucky lottery winner will take home a big prize, much to the dismay of the present Governor of Kentucky which will also gain a big wind fall from that Powerball lottery win. Present Governor Steve Beshear has spent a great deal of energy and political time trying to convince the people of the State of Kentucky that online gambling is not good for them and is a practice that should be outlawed. The winning ticket worth $128.6 million USD and was sold in Georgetown, Kentucky, as a product of online gambling. The Powerball lottery, much like most state lotteries, is done through online machines that automatically choose the tickets for the game.
Steve Schwartz, a gaming analyst commented though by stating, "This lottery win puts Governor Beshear in a tight position," adding, "Since this is a multi-state lottery, and the only way to buy a ticket is through an online machine, it would seem that Beshear would be against this form of gambling." Kentucky USA has been in the news recently after it lost a case in which the government there tried to seize 141 domain names belonging to international online gambling operators. The case has gone to the Kentucky Supreme Court for appeal claiming that some of those domain names are indeed owned by American citizens, even though the identities of those owners have not been disclosed. The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association who have championed the cause of the domain owners in court claim that due process is being ignored and the lawyers for the state are just looking to keep the case going for a possible financial gain. This is the largest win of a lottery in Kentucky since 1996 which was $89.3 million USD.
A tax of $3.5 million USD from the winning ticket is expected to be paid to the government of Kentucky. Officials in Beshear's office have refused to comment so far as to whether or not the state will decline in collecting those funds because they are the result of wagering online.
