Kentucky Seizes Gambling Domains

[cr1t1cal h1t]

Just saw a Full Tilt Poker commercial on TV that listed this domain:

FullTiltPoker.net

-Greg

[Fatbat]

A lot of the betting companies employ that tactic. They advertise .net fun play sites to the US market that don't take any real money. However, real money play is only a click away.

[DomainsInc]

Its pretty funny/sad. Government bails out and supports wallstreet criminals who have jeopardized the livelyhood of nearly every citizen in the western world and then they support/create stupid "laws" like this one.

[HarveyJ]

No, what's really funny is that a bill to relax online gambling laws jsut passed in the house.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...trictions.html

Anyway, I'm off to go register gamblinginkentucky.com just to be a smartarse

[ibjp]

Looks like they got goldencasino.com today.

[tldrental]

Even more of a reason for me to want Obama elected. A guy can't play a poker game at home but Goldman Sachs brokers can go to work and gamble peoples retirements away. Obama 08

Although it was clinton and the democrats who started all this and passed the buck, not to mention all these democrats on the payroll of these banks, ignorants is bliss as they say!!!

God knows that when Obama gets elected your gonna make even less money then you already do as a domainer.... yep go Obama '08, take this country even further into the toilet.

[Acro]

Although it was clinton and the democrats who started all this and passed the buck, not to mention all these democrats on the payroll of these banks, ignorants is bliss as they say!!!

God knows that when Obama gets elected your gonna make even less money then you already do as a domainer.... yep go Obama '08, take this country even further into the toilet.

Stick to Italian politics where corruption buys the likes of Berlusconi a new hairline and a mistress with big boobs.

Looks like they got goldencasino.com today.

I sure hope you're kidding?

[whitebark]

Wonder where this type of seizure falls under the WTO?

So what's next - grabbing porn domains from the largest porn outlets? How about sites deemed "anti-American"? Give these twits a taste and they will take a mile.

[ibjp]

I sure hope you're kidding?

nope, the registration details were changed today to:

Administrative Contact:
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Michael Brown ()
125 Holmes Street
Frankfort
Kentucky,40601
US
Tel. +1.8592557080

[tldrental]

Stick to Italian politics where corruption buys the likes of Berlusconi a new hairline and a mistress with big boobs.

I sure hope you're kidding?

Listen Arco,
I am an 1st generation Italian/American born in San Diego California and my parents migrated here legally 45+ years ago and did things the right way to become an American citizen unlike most.

So before you pop off, and make me not like you, because I have liked you up till this point, so don't wreck it.


I haven't said anything that cant be proven if you do the research and not listen to the drive by media. Your an intellectual guy I think, right?

Go down to your local library and research how we really got to where we are today in this country. If you want your hard earned money domaining taken from you to pay for others bad mistakes you should vote Obama as well.

Are you denying that Obama and the majority of democrat do not have the banks in there back pockets donating $$. Go to your local library educate yourself.


By the way this only became personal because you made it personal, I know your a good guy as well you mean well to this industry and I would consider you possibly even an asset to this industry, dont get a head of yourself though and let your ego get in the way.

The republicans aren't much better, but lesser of the 2 evils, John McCain '08


To answer your questions here is the Whois of golden casino


Registration Service Provided By: ANSWERABLE.COM
Contact: +1.3104837168
Website: http://www.answerable.com

Domain Name: GOLDENCASINO.COM

Registrant:
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Michael Brown ()
125 Holmes Street
Frankfort
Kentucky,40601
US
Tel. +1.8592557080

Creation Date: 27-Oct-1997
Expiration Date: 19-Nov-2010

Domain servers in listed order:
ns2.surf4speed.com
ns1.surf4speed.com


Administrative Contact:
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Michael Brown ()
125 Holmes Street
Frankfort
Kentucky,40601
US
Tel. +1.8592557080

Technical Contact:
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Michael Brown ()
125 Holmes Street
Frankfort
Kentucky,40601
US
Tel. +1.8592557080

Billing Contact:
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Michael Brown ()
125 Holmes Street
Frankfort
Kentucky,40601
US
Tel. +1.8592557080

[NostraDomainus]

Yeah, more like Un-Commonwealth of Kentucky!

[Acro]

OMFG! Kentucky fried chicken's colonel is rolling in his grave.

Listen Arco,
I am an 1st generation Italian/American born in San Diego California and my parents migrated here legally 45+ years ago and did things the right way to become an American citizen unlike most.

So before you pop off, and make me not like you, because I have liked you up till this point, so don't wreck it.


I haven't said anything that cant be proven if you do the research and not listen to the drive by media. Your an intellectual guy I think, right?

Go down to your local library and research how we really got to where we are today in this country. If you want your hard earned money domaining taken from you to pay for others bad mistakes you should vote Obama as well.

Are you denying that Obama and the majority of democrat do not have the banks in there back pockets donating $$. Go to your local library educate yourself.


By the way this only became personal because you made it personal, I know your a good guy as well you mean well to this industry and I would consider you possibly even an asset to this industry, dont get a head of yourself though and let your ego get in the way.

The republicans aren't much better, but lesser of the 2 evils, John McCain '08

My motivation is not money. I want America to be restored and right now, my friend, America is in the pits financially, socially and in the eyes of the world. I don't want more of the McSame, I want Obama King with extra fries.

[tldrental]

omfg!
My motivation is not money. I want America to be restored and right now, my friend, America is in the pits financially, socially and in the eyes of the world.

i hear you bro, you and I agree 110% except for the Obama part. I wont go into more detail and de-rail this thread, but you and I agree 110% I want the same as I know most here do.

Back on task, and maybe you can answer this Arco, you have vast wisdom.

I don't always like to read the fine print, but how can enom give up the name so quick, and could they be liable for doing so?


I mean domain names get stolen all the time, and no one ever steps in to help, like all the fraud paypal transaction of domain names and more notable one like Sex.com many years ago, This guy who got Sex.com stolen was more less my neighbor. It took him years and lot and lots of money to get his name back to just eventually sell it.

I had 29 domains stolen all at once, when a hijacked paypal account was used and paypal took the money I was paid after the domain had been transfered.

But it is just that easy for the court to do?

[HarveyJ]

You know, at first I thought this was amazingly dumb...

Then I found out it's illegal to walk about Kentucky with an icecream cone in your back pocket...

I'm not even making that up.

[phio]

The Kentucky Derby is one of the most BET ON Horse Races in the world!

What are they thinking. Time to shut the Derby down or move it out of state!

I can see the headlines, "the Kentucky Derby moves to Las Vegas"

[tldrental]

The Kentucky Derby is one of the most BET ON Horse Races in the world!

What are they thinking. Time to shut the Derby down or move it out of state!

I can see the headlines, "the Kentucky Derby moves to Las Vegas"

I think you are missing the point, its all about money and the greed of a democrats working in line with a vigilante circuit judge. The Kentucky derby brings the state of Kentucky revenue & profits. They are using "lack of regulation" as a ploy to bring these sites down since they are not earning any of the revenue that the citizens of Kentucky spend on online gambling. They see it as a loss, if Kentucky citizens spend $x dollars gambling online thats $x amount of revenue that the state is not getting to tax.

This also means less money being spent in the state internally by citizens because they gamble the pay check away.



I really think it comes down to one of these guys has a gambling problem and lost a bunch of money to online gambling and now thinks it is rigged, and this is how he will get back at online gambling. Most likely got beat out of a big pot by a 1 outer suck out in poker to many times.

[dominator]

this is totalitarian

one thing is to shut down a website
but a domain name is only a domain name

you can theoretically use any name for a casino
so will kentucky eventually own (and pay for) all domains?

[tldrental]

this is totalitarian

one thing is to shut down a website
but a domain name is only a domain name

you can theoretically use any name for a casino
so will kentucky eventually own (and pay for) all domains?

I dont think they are buying these names, the are using loop holes in our law to steal these names. I would venture to say Kentucky would go bankrupt if they purchased all 140 domain names at there market value.

[dominator]

I dont think they are buying these names, the are using loop holes in our law to steal these names. I would venture to say Kentucky would go bankrupt if they purchased all 140 domain names at there market value.

i meant paying yearly fees for several thousand domains

not market value

[tldrental]

i meant paying yearly fees for several thousand domains

not market value

You bring up a good point, this could end up being very costly on a long term basis for Kentucky voters whos taxs will pay for these renewals. especially if this list of domain names grow.