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mona · 09-23-2008, 07:30 AM

PDF of Order of Seizure of Domain Names

On September 18th, the commonwealth of Kentucky issued a seizure order, ordering 141 domains be taken from their registrants.

?The Domain names shall be immediately transferred by their respective registrars to an account of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.?

The seizure was implemented after the Commonwealth's discovery that the ?domains were being used in connection with illegal gambling activity?.

However, a scary fact for domainers everywhere, some of these domains are simply parked and are NOT taking bets of any kind.

The domains seized include: (the full list is on the PDF)

* fulltiltpoker.com
* indiancasino.com
* bet21.com
* allslots.com
* bodoglife.com
* bookmaker.com
* SportsBook.com
* SportsBetting.com
* superslots.com
* pokerstars.com
* doylesroom.com
* GoldenPalace.com

It appears that no notice of this action was given to any of the registrants, nor was any hearing held giving the registrants an opportunity to appeal.

The order alludes to a court hearing sometime in September for registrants who want to claim their domain ?qualifies for return?.

This is yet another reason that domainers may want to consider moving their domains to a registrar outside the United States, as this order is to the registrars of the domains, not the central registry.

09-23-2008, 07:30 AM
mona Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mona = "female monkey" in Spanish Posts: 1,940	ScaryKY seizes "domains in connection w/ illegal gambling", but some were parked!** PDF of Order of Seizure of Domain Names On September 18th, the commonwealth of Kentucky issued a seizure order, ordering 141 domains be taken from their registrants. ?The Domain names shall be immediately transferred by their respective registrars to an account of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.? The seizure was implemented after the Commonwealth's discovery that the ?domains were being used in connection with illegal gambling activity?. However, a scary fact for domainers everywhere, some of these domains are simply parked and are NOT taking bets of any kind. The domains seized include: (the full list is on the PDF) * fulltiltpoker.com * indiancasino.com * bet21.com * allslots.com * bodoglife.com * bookmaker.com * SportsBook.com * SportsBetting.com * superslots.com * pokerstars.com * doylesroom.com * GoldenPalace.com It appears that no notice of this action was given to any of the registrants, nor was any hearing held giving the registrants an opportunity to appeal. The order alludes to a court hearing sometime in September for registrants who want to claim their domain ?qualifies for return?. This is yet another reason that domainers may want to consider moving their domains to a registrar outside the United States, as this order is to the registrars of the domains, not the central registry.