Written By: RSSPoker.com
Yesterday, tabloid site Gambling911.com ‘reported’ that Ultimate Bet, Doyles Room, and Cake Poker domain names had been turned over by GoDaddy.com to the state of Kentucky. Coming from Gambling911, the heading might as well have read “ET: The Extra Terrestrial - New Jockey for 2009 Kentucky Derby”. As most true poker aficionados will agree, Gambling911 isn’t the most reliable source. Had this information come from Pokernews.com, or even Cardplayer.com, today might’ve gone down in history called ‘The Holy Shit Heard Around the World”.
On Monday, Gambling911 published two articles claiming that the domain names of UltimateBet.com, DoylesRoom.com and CakePoker.com had “been seized by the commonwealth of Kentucky”. As of today, that appears to be untrue (shocker). We do know that the state is attempting to seize these domain names, along with 138 others related to the online gambling industry.
This started a somewhat rigorous conversation at the largest poker affiliate forum in the world. When Gambling911 ran an article yesterday titled ‘UltimateBet.com, Cake Poker Domain Names Seized’, there was little belief within the poker community. Some of the comments made by members of the forum:
This is coming from G911. Take it FWIW. If they’re wrong I will just shake my head and laugh……..
Scary if it is true, god I wish it was someone else other than G911 reporting this.
I really hope G911 is BS’ing like usual though. This would be terrible.
I have been talking to a few people tonight that have domains involved and nobody can confirm anything right now. If G911 is wrong, I think any credibility they have as far as true reporting will be decimated……after all Doyle is still not in jail………..
its kind of like dividing by zero….
Yeah, I’m calling BS as well, I don’t believe it.
Will wait for tomorrow but I am not concerned and G911 I think is full of BS and if anything is trying to just capitalize on the buzz.
If everything that gambling911 is putting up proves to be made-up, wow, disgusting.
As of today, it appears that some of what Gambling911 reported is true, and some of it isn’t. While it doesn’t appear that the domains have actually changed hands, the case is currently in a Frankfort, Kentucky court where Judge Thomas Wingate will give his decision on the case within 7 days. The ramifications of the forthcoming decision could have a major impact beyond online gaming.
Does this open the door for anyone to capture the domain names of online businesses that sell a product or provide a service that isn’t legal somewhere else in the world? There are countries where pornography is illegal. Can that country come in and seize the domain names for every porn site that exists and offers (possibly by accident) their service to citizens of that country? What about a website that teaches women how to become nurses? Sounds innocent enough right? Well, there are countries that don’t allow women to go to school. Can those sites be seized? There are literally thousands of situations that could be effected by the ruling of this case, lets hope they don’t screw it up.
I’m not an attorney, and since this is the Poker Gossip area of our site, I’m not going to speculate or get into the details of the case here. There are plenty of other places online to get more details if you’re so inclined. There will be seven days for speculation and rumors to spread. Just remember, take everything you read with a grain of salt. Soon enough, we’ll have the final answer.
