It seems that the northern American state, Minnesota, wrote notices to several telephone and internet service providers to make them prohibit the access to about 200 sites. So next time these state players want to play online again, they may think twice about it.

Last year, the officials in the state of Kentucky already tried to stop their players to access the online gambling sites. The plan failed, so who knows if it will work this time in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s AGED (Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division) cited the 1961 law and asked AT&T Internet Services, Frontier Communications, Direct TV, Comcast Cable, Dish Network, Embarq, Verizon Wireless and Wildblue Communications, Sprint/Nextel, Qwest to forbid the Minnesota-based players from gaining access.

John Willems, Director for AGED, said that they announced to site operators and online gamblers to plan an access prohibition.
AGED expects responses from the companies within 2 or 3 weeks, after that it might refer issues of non-compliance to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission).

Willems said that for the sate of Minnesota and its inhabitants, the most important thing is legality and also the self-governance and accountability.