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Point-Spreads.com has also learned that the state of Kentucky has been monitoring the way 1st Technology was able to successfully grab the Bodog domain names and has put a plan in motion to seize 141 gambling operators domain names including the domains names WSEX.com, SportsBetting.com, PokerStars.com and FullTiltPoker.com just to name a few. Here is a complete list of domain names and a copy of the motion to seize domain names filed by the State of Kentucky this past Friday.
Internet gambling operators using United States based registrars to hold their domain name portfolios better look into transferring those domain names to a registrar in jurisdiction that licenses gaming companies fast. It is unknown at this time if Kentucky will be successful in its attempts to seize the domain names. Point-Spreads.com will continue to monitor this story as it unfolds.
Get the list of domain names here:
http://www.point-spreads.com/industry/092208-internet-gambling-1st-technology-denied-kentucky-to-seize-domain-names.htmlIt looks like all the Microgaming and RTG that still accept US players.
This is bad news if/when turnover takes place.
Many of these are NOT sportsbetting domains or affiliate domains …
At least some of them are online gambling operators :
ultimatebet.com, virtualcitycasino.com, yukongoldcasino.com, pitbullpoker.com, doylesroom.com, casinoclassic.com, absolutepoker.com, allslots., fulltiltpoker.com, bigtimebingo.com(and many more – these are just the most obvious)
The automatic assertion that they’re sportsbetting related seems inaccurate to me.
:sarcasm:Hi Everyone,
Please see our posting regarding this:
http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/bb/showthread.php?p=177313#post177313Thanks, Lloyd
Point-Spreads.com has learned that Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear will be successful in stealing some but not all of the 141 online gambling domain names! Several top brands that are in jeopardy include GoldenPalace.com, WSEX.com, SportsBetting.com, FullTiltPoker.com, PokerStars.com CakePoker.com, DoylesRoom.com and several others.
Here is the complete list of domains they are attempting to seize:
microgaming.com?
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080923/NEWS01/809230426/1008/NEWS01
But David Stewart, a Washington, D.C., attorney who is an expert in gambling law, doubted that Beshear’s strategy will work.
“This is — forgive me for being blunt — a stunt,” Stewart said.
WRONG, its working:
http://www.point-spreads.com/industry/092308-luckypyramidcasino.com-seized-by-kentucky-governor-who-is-next-to-fall.htmlAs earlier predicted, the Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has already successfully seized at least one online gambling domain name called LuckyPyramidCasino.com. A check of the WHOIS information for this domain name shows that Eric Lycan from the Commonwealth of Kentucky Justice Cabinet is the new administrative contact. The popular registrar ENOM apparently allowed the transfer of the domain name to the state of Kentucky this morning after receiving a order of seizure from a Kentucky judge.
http://highrollerslounge.com/ is now theirs too
ENOM is complying with the seizure order:
as mentioned in the other topic, it might be easier to keep one thread.. makes this whole topic easier to follow..
see here: http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/bb/ky-seizes-domain-names-of-web-gambling-sites.29952.html?
Thanks for the head’s up on this, gang. I’ve posted this item on the CAP News page:
Kentucky Seizes 141 Gambling Domains
First Hearing in Civil Case will be September 25September 23, 2008 — According to several sites throughout the Internet today, the U.S. State of Kentucky has just launched a civil case against a number of domain names that they deem to be gambling-oriented.
The 141 named domains have been commandeered by a Kentucky circuit judge, Thomas Wingate. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader: “If officials get their way at a Sept. 25 forfeiture hearing, the state will control the domain names and can ask Web registrars to block access to the sites.”According to legal experts cited in the article, this would make Kentucky the first state to seize a gambling operators’ domain names.
“He [Kentucy Justice and Public Safety Secretary J. Michael Brown] acknowledged that such a move could block access to the domains worldwide, but said he was interested only in its effect on Kentucky,” states the Herald-Ledger article.
Also according to the article the move is an effort by the state to enforce UIGEA, which was enacted in 2006 but has not yet been fully enforced due to various complications in the bill’s structure.
Get more details on the case from this article on the Herald-Ledger website. A copy of the court order, including a list of the 141 seized domain names, can be viewed here.
Thanks to Forum user ThomasJensen for bringing this to our attention.
