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More than a decade of court battles led to this decision. The Kentucky judicial system has been battling with PokerStars since 2008, though the acts in question happened even before then.
PokerStars won a big judgement in 2018 in the Kentucky Court of Appeals – almost exactly two years ago to the date – and hoped that was the end of the case. But the state appealed the case to its Supreme Court, and those justices handed down a ruling late last week that stunned PokerStars, not to mention its new parent company, Flutter Entertainment.
PokerStars Loses Kentucky Lawsuit, Must Pay $1.3 Billion in Damages December 21, 2020, 2:26 pm ·
The Kentucky Supreme Court last week brought to an end a nearly decade-long legal battle between the state and PokerStars, ruling that the online poker giant must pay Kentucky damages of nearly $1.3 billion for offering illegal online gambling services to residents of the state.
The Supreme Court ruling, which was issued this past Thursday, upheld a ruling by the Franklin Circuit Court from 2015.
The state sought to be
paid $300 million in damages by PokerStars which the poker operator collected from Kentucky residents who played poker with it between 2007 and 2011. The Franklin Circuit Court trebled that amount, ordering PokerStars to pay nearly $900 million.
Kentucky Wins $1.3 Billion Lawsuit Against PokerStars
Following A Decade-Long Fight In Court, The Kentucky Supreme Court Ruled In Favor Of The State
by Steve Schult
| Published: Dec 17, 2020
The Kentucky Supreme Court reinstated a 2015 ruling from a Franklin Circuit Court Thursday and will order PokerStars to pay about $1.3 billion to the state.
The suit was originally filed in 2010 by Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet J. Michael Brown, who now serves as Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive cabinet secretary, for $290 million against the online poker site. The suit claimed that the site was operating illegally inside the state’s borders and that 34,000 residents deposited on the site and lost nearly $300 million.
Kentucky Supreme Court: Online poker site must pay state $1B
By DYLAN LOVANDecember 18, 2020 GMT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday 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 court reinstated a Franklin Circuit Court judgement against PokerStars.com after the state appeals court rejected the collection of the gambling losses in 2018. At the time, the total stood at $870 million, plus interest.
Gov. Andy Beshear said in a news release that the total amount that would be ordered recovered was nearly $1.3 billion.