Poker.com has a reserve price of $29,411,800.00

[shopperx]

I think 30 Millions is a decent sum for such a money making domain, now 15 millions would be a steal,,,

Maybe a poker player partnership or domain firm will bid on it.

 

[BELLC1]

Anyone have an update on this auction? Any word on any names with bids yet? This appears to be another auction one must register to bid to see how the auction is going. I'm also wondering if there was any interest at all by CAC members.

 

[Master Chief]

domain - number of bids - amount

FreeBlackjack.net 1 $ 2,400.00
Pokertournaments.co.uk 3 $ 650.00
CasinoNews.net 1 $ 600.00
Pokerhands.co.uk 1 $ 400.00

 

[BELLC1]

um...wow...thanks...I thought it would have been busier. Perhaps there will be a last minute spree like the other Silents. No matter really. I never thought this would be a big show. I only have one domain - Holecard.com - in this auction anyway. I appreciate the update.

 

[cursal]

See, none of that really matters though. I don't think Poker.com will change hands for the same reason that Rupert Murdoch will not be able to acquire Dow Jones despite an offer of $25 above that days closing price. Owning Poker.com is owning an entire industry and "industry" domains rarely change hands especially in a gambling sector that comands gross revenues higher then some countries and you simply can not put a dollar figure on that. I expect Poker.com to do what Facebook.com did and that was to not budge so early in the game. Gambling simply has too much command for Poker.com to be barganed off at $29mil- this isn't a domain name, it's a business.

I agree with this line of thinking. It is not only a domain name, it is a business.

This name isn't about setting up a poker site and selling subscriptions or running out affiliate programs. It is about ADVERTISING. The business is marketing and those are "free" eyeballs that type in poker.com Whatever/Whomever is on on that page when it loads get first crack at those leads, and those leads are very very targeted.:yes:

 

[denniss]

Gambling simply has too much command for Poker.com to be barganed off at $29mil- this isn't a domain name, it's a business.

Actually it is much more of a domain name than a business =)

My reasoning for saying this is that Poker.com could've been used for much more than it is, and attracted much higher revenue.

And as a domain name it lost a lot since the USA gambling ban, at least 50% of the value....

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

It's a real gem, for sure.

 

[Rarethings]

forget this name. Epokeronlineboys.mobi is where the real action is.... It's not registered you say?

 

[tonyfloyd]

forget this name. Epokeronlineboys.mobi is where the real action is.... It's not registered you say?

lol.....eh...i dont think so...

 

[cursal]

Actually it is much more of a domain name than a business =)

My reasoning for saying this is that Poker.com could've been used for much more than it is, and attracted much higher revenue.

And as a domain name it lost a lot since the USA gambling ban, at least 50% of the value....

I feel for the gambling industry and the hit it took with the US ban, but that CAN change over time ( I think it will) the online world is only getting more and more integrated in our/mainstream lives.

During the last TRAFFIC auction when I heard that porn.com makes $2500 a day, parked, it re-enforced how I see Grand Generic names like poker.com are Business/Industry names, not just a domain. It is a natural type in with very targeted traffic to offer up leads to. Business with or without a site it is money in hand.

I am with you that it can and should be used for more than it is currently.

Either way, the net is growing and we may be closing the first inning of the game. Stats and sales will only tell...

 

[Master Chief]

domain - number of bids - amount

FreeBlackjack.net 1 $ 2,400.00
Pokertournaments.co.uk 3 $ 650.00
CasinoNews.net 1 $ 600.00
Pokerhands.co.uk 1 $ 400.00

no additional bids to report

 

[denniss]

I feel for the gambling industry and the hit it took with the US ban, but that CAN change over time ( I think it will) the online world is only getting more and more integrated in our/mainstream lives.

....


Either way, the net is growing and we may be closing the first inning of the game. Stats and sales will only tell...

The only problem, that I can report personally on, is that American gamblers were around 70% of my visitors in the past, and I worked in this exact business

That means that out of the whole industry only 30% of revenue remains, it can be expanded on of course, but it will never regain the original value... Same thing with gambling firms that lost up to 70% of value after USA gambling ban.

The only thing that can heal the industry and give this domain more juice to run on is Democrats taking over fully in 2008 in USA (which they're expected to do), and unbanning online gambling (which they were against in the first place).

Until then I believe the industry is "frozen".

My 2 cents as someone that worked in this industry and still has "operational" sites in the area (which don't make any money nowadays....)....

 

[Theo]

I wonder why GayPokerOnline.com is taken???

 

[tas38]

I think once the states like PA get poker up and running, they will then let online poker open up once again. The gov't will be ok with it then, as they will collect TAX on all of it. See that was the real problem, they could not collect TAX with online gambing before. But once they work that out, and see the money they could pull in online then it will happen I'm sure.

 

[NeeJam]

I think once the states like PA get poker up and running, they will then let online poker open up once again. The gov't will be ok with it then, as they will collect TAX on all of it. See that was the real problem, they could not collect TAX with online gambing before. But once they work that out, and see the money they could pull in online then it will happen I'm sure.

Your 100% correct there. If the US government can figure a way of taxing even if that means getting the betting companies to take the tax off you and then pay them - i don't know why they didnt think of this. However there can be some complications with my method such as foreign online gammbling companies. However, there can be a few simple solutions to this such as charging a set fee to have the right to use online gambling etc.

 

[tas38]

I think a good way to TAX it, would be to take tax from all winnings. Much like the lotto does now, state and fed tax can be taking out at that time. And they could also tax, all earnings from the houses earnings as well at a different rate. So that way, unless people win they would not be taxed out right. That makes sense to me, how ever they may have a different take on it.

 

[BELLC1]

no additional bids to report

Thanks, MC. Keep us informed if you would, please. I think it end the 10th??

 

[oveber]

Originally Posted by Master Chief
domain - number of bids - amount

FreeBlackjack.net 1 $ 2,400.00
Pokertournaments.co.uk 3 $ 650.00
CasinoNews.net 1 $ 600.00
Pokerhands.co.uk 1 $ 400.00

Nothing news
Still the same

 

[Master Chief]

domain - number of bids - amount

FreeBlackjack.net 1 $ 2,400.00
Pokertournaments.co.uk 3 $ 650.00
CasinoNews.net 1 $ 600.00
Pokerhands.co.uk 1 $ 400.00
videopokertour.com 1 $300.00

 

[cursal]

The Poker industry has been begging to be TAXED.
Seems that even though poker is now a "sport" the art of gambling still isn't socially/politically accepted in the USA.

but on another note:

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