The Commonwealth of Kentucky has taken to the courtroom again, attempting to follow up on their 2008 claim regarding 141 online gambling domain names, including FullTiltPoker.com, PokerStars.com, UltimateBet.com, and AbsolutePoker.com.

Specifically, the state has filed a “Verified Claim and Statement of Interest or Right in Property Subject to Forfeiture In Rem,” according to AnteUpMagazine.com, ” in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York.” This action was taken on behalf of Kentucky’s Secretary Justice, J. Michael Brown, and Public Safety Cabinet.

Now that the foreign owners of these domains have been effectively exiled from American shores, Kentucky believes that now is the time to reassert their claim. They have requested that the court recognize their ownership of “all right, title, and interest in the following Internet domain names: pokerstars.com, fulltiltpoker.com, absolutepoker.com, and ultimatebet.com.”

The Commonwealth is also demanding that they be paid for any sale of said names, which could give them (at least, in US courts) a stake in the recent sale of Full Tilt Poker. The likelihood of them receiving any money from the recent buyout, however, would be fairly slim.

Regardless of the eventual outcome, here are the state’s exact demands:

1. Reinstatement of its rightful interest in the aforesaid defendant property
2. That it be allowed to defend the instant forfeiture action;
3. That the domain names be ordered restored and released to the commonwealth; and
4. That the commonwealth be awarded such other and further relief as the court may deem just.