Gambling Invest went back and checked what happened to the gambling domains sold during the second quarter of 2015: how many were bought by end users and built into online gambling websites? The post Q2 2015 domain sales to gambling operators appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Or how a small troubled online bookmaker defeated an arrogant internet giant. The post When Yahoo tried and failed to take over Yahoops.com appeared first on Gambling Invest.

2500 new fantasy domains were registered in August, with Verisign including "fantasy" at the 7th place of the top 10 keyword registration trends for the month. The post Fantasy domains registrations up 20% appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Gambling Invest recently analyzed over 27,000 domain names owned by 20 of the largest gambling companies operating online to discover several unused premium domain names, but as we were scouring through the lists of domains, a lot of odd names, either unrelated to gambling or combined with gambling keywords to form curious mixes, stood up. Here are...

Gambling Invest searched the domain portfolios of 32Red, 5Dimes, 888, Bet365, Betfair, BetFred, Betsson, BetVictor, Bodog, Boylesports, Bwin, Coral, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Pinnacle Sports, SBObet, Skybet, Sportingbet, Unibet and William Hill, looking for premium domains. Check out what we found. The post Flutter.com, WallStreet.com and other premi...

Betting exchange Matchbook has launched mLabs, a new business incubator where igaming startups can showcase their work and get expert marketing advice and support from their peers. Matchbook is a sports betting exchange designed for the professional and savvy sports bettor which plans to use the power of networking to develop mLabs into a community...

Racing Victoria acquired the domain name Racing.com a year ago for an amount that Gambling Invest believes to be over $1 million. The post A $1 million investment in Racing.com: Was it all worth it? appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Seven of the online gambling domains seized by the US Department of Justice in 2011 and later acquired by Las Vegas-based US Poker Marketing Affiliate LLC have recently changed ownership. The post Blue Monday domains change ownership appeared first on Gambling Invest.

EuroVegas was a $30 billion resort macrocomplex the Las Vegas Sands planned to build outside Madrid, Spain. The post The D Las Vegas Casino buys domain name euro.vegas appeared first on Gambling Invest.

In the highly competitive Australian betting market, currently dominated by Sportsbet and TAB, Tatts Group rebranded its sports betting division using a domain name formerly owned by lottery and casino games operator IGT. The post Tatts Group takes a punt on six-figure domain Ubet.com appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Online gambling operator Unibet recently announced to have acquired 100% of iGame Group, an online casino, poker and sportsbook operator with focus in the Nordics and Central Europe, for EUR 59 million in cash. The post Unibet adds 450 gambling domains to its portfolio with acquisition of iGame Group appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Earlier this week during the Deflategate trial, hundreds of Tom Brady's emails were made public revealing amongst other details of Brady's life, the football player's frequent?diva demands, including asking a donation to his charity to join a private dinner and requests for samples to fashion designer Tom Ford. In one email exchange, Jeff Surrette,...

Gambling Invest's research into betroma.com and betrose.com whois history suggests US-facing bookmakers ignore how domain names really work. The post Domain names used by jailed US bookmakers registered to well-known online sportsbook appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Ladbrokes left with the dotnet version of the new company's name. The post Domain squatter registers LadbrokesCoral.com appeared first on Gambling Invest.

The original registrant of the disputed poker domains falsely claimed of making no commercial gain from them, a circumstance that ultimately ruined his credibility and had the WIPO panel rule in favour of Bally Technologies. The post Bally Technologies wins dispute for texas-holdem-bonus.com and 5 other poker domains appeared first on Gambling Inve...

Game Lounge announced to have acquired a number of gambling domains and affiliate websites with a strong presence in Finland, including nettikasinovertailu.info, netticasino.eu, onlinecasinofindr.com, nettipokeri.eu, nettiveikkaus.eu and nettibingo.eu, for ?1.2 million. The post Maltese iGaming company buys Finnish gambling domains appeared first o...

Jinsha is the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese characters for "golden sands" used by American casino operator Las Vegas Sands as its Macau casino's mark. The post Dozens of Jinsha domains change owners appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Mobile gambling operator Gaming Realms announced to have acquired RealNetworks' social casino business for $10 million in cash and a further $8 million deferred in two years. The post Gaming Realms buys Mahjong.com, Sudoku.com and Slingo.com suite of social games for $18 million appeared first on Gambling Invest.

358.com was one of 68 domain names in the trademark lawsuit won by casino operator Las Vegas Sands earlier this year. The post Chinese casino drops 358.com, domain at auction on Snapnames appeared first on Gambling Invest.

France's betting domains market remains dormant despite online gambling regulator ARJEL reporting record numbers for sports betting in the country. The post Sports betting booms in France as betting domains market remains dormant appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Maltese bookmakers Betway and Betsson recently registered .ug domain names. The post European bookmakers register .ug (Uganda) domains appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Domains like hg2933.com, hg3338.com, hg7778.com, hg890.com and many more have been selling for anywhere between $150 and $5000 on domain marketplaces. The post Chinese domainers buy up "HG" domains appeared first on Gambling Invest.

In a 2007 blog exchange, domain investor Frank Schilling and Bodog founder Calvin Ayre debated the value of generic vs brandable domains within the gambling industry. The post When Frank Schilling and Calvin Ayre went head-to-head on the value of generic vs brandable domains appeared first on Gambling Invest.

30 years ago, the first .org domain name, mitre.org, ?was registered. 30 years later, .org?has?grown to become the world's third-largest generic top level domain. To commemorate the 30-year legacy of .org domains, the org registry?launched happy30th.org?showing how notable .org websites have changed throughout the years, while Gambling Invest creat...

Gambling domains sales history for April, May and June 2015 The post Q2 2015 Gambling Domains Sales appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Founded in the 70s as a spread betting business, in recent years IG Group expanded its offering to include contracts for differences, forex trading and a stockbroking platform. From 2006 until 2011, the company, which is listed on the London stock exchange, also offered sports betting through its subsidiary Extrabet. Domain investors probably first...

Partial list of gambling companies that attempted to reverse hijack "bet" domains, including Unibet, UK Betting and Sun International. The post Gambling companies' attempts to reverse hijack bet domain names appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Europe-Bet acquired the domain EuropeBet.com in a private transaction, after the name went unsold in a Flippa auction. The post New Betsson bookmaker Europe-Bet completes acquisition of europebet.com appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Intertain, parent company of InterCasino, Vera&John, JackpotJoy and several other online gambling brands, acquired the domain name bingo.ca as well as rights to the latest bingo software source code from Parlay for CDN$2.8 million. The post Intertain buys bingo.ca and other assets for CDN$2.8m appeared first on Gambling Invest.

WilliamHillLabs.com was registered just ten days ago on June 15, while WHLabs.com is owned by a industrial laboratory in Houston, Texas, and has an active website on it. The post William Hill launches startup accelerator WHLabs appeared first on Gambling Invest.

The large majority of Q1 2015 sales of gambling domains appear to have been to domain names resellers. Few exceptions include BetBoy.com, InfoBookmakers.com, Kasiino.com and OneLotto.com. The post Q1 2015 domain sales to gambling operators appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Back in 2011, Bwin lost a domain dispute for betewin.com after claiming the domain was confusingly similar to its trademark for betandwin.com. The post Bwin guilty of reverse domain name hijacking appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Among the online gambling operators that registered .casino domains there are 888, Betfair, Betfred, Betsson, Bodog, Bwin, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, PokerStars and William Hill as well as many land-based casinos like Aspers, Casino de Monte Carlo, Crown, Genting and Wynn. The post 32Red and Bet365 forget to register their dotcasino domains appeared f...

It is not the first time that Gibraltar-based casino 888 is found taking advantage of fraudulent traffic. The post Microsoft's Digital Constitution website hacked by 888 casino affiliate appeared first on Gambling Invest.

The original registrant moved the domain from an Australian registrar to SafeNames, a UK-based company specialized in the management of corporate domains portfolios, including William Hill's portfolio of over 1500 domain names. The post William Hill got williamhill.com.au from domain squatter appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Backorder specialist DropCatch acquired the domain and is now offering it for sale on its sister site, the domain names marketplace HugeDomains. The post Sisal Matchpoint loses chance to register sisalmatchpoint.com appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Gambling Invest?s Bet Domains Sales includes all sales of "bet domains" for $5000 or more reported in the last 10 years. The post Bet Domains Sales over $5000 appeared first on Gambling Invest.

eSports operator hand-registered its brand name unikrn.com after previous owner dropped it The post eSports startup builds brand around dropped domain appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Russian bookmaker Fonbet acquired the domain FBet.com for 50,000 euros. The post Fonbet buys FBet.com for 50k euros appeared first on Gambling Invest.

File sharing publication TorrentFreak.com claimed earlier today that the US Department of Justice lost control of various poker domains, including absolutepoker.com and ultimatebet.com, which were used to redirect traffic to malicious content. In the same article, TorrentFreak.com reported that Megaupload.com and Megavideo.com, domains seized durin...

Online discount retailer VipShop, a Chinese company trading on the New York stock exchange, has been since the summer of 2013 the owner of VIP.com, the URL once used by popular bookmaker VIP Sports. The post Online discount retailer buys former Leisure & Gaming bookmaker domain VIP.com appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Asian bookmaker Singbet skin HG888 was revealed as the buyer of domain name Bet789.com The post Singbet skin HG888 acquires Bet789.com for 8000 euros appeared first on Gambling Invest.

On April 21st, domain registry Afilias announced to have opened for public registration .POKER, a new GTLD targeting the poker community at large. The post Afilias .POKER to reach out to 80,000+ poker websites and domain owners appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Brandable bet domain name FBet.com sold on Sedo.com last week for $12099. A quick whois research reveals the buyer to be a Chinese domain investor controlling a large portfolio of three character domains and NNNN.com domain names. The post FBet.com sold to Chinese buyer for $12099 appeared first on Gambling Invest.

Our monthly domain sales report includes all sales of gambling-related domains as well as all domains sold to gambling companies for which we can verify the information. Gambling Invest's domains sales report take inspiration from Ron Jackson's DNJournal weekly sales columns, which we use as a source of infomation alongside Dnpric.es Latest Sales, ...

Australian bookmaker BetEasy has been rebranded as CrownBet in an attempt to solidify the ties with James Packer's Crown Resorts, which controls a 67% stake in the online betting company. The post BetEasy rebrands as CrownBet, buys domain name from former Sportingbet manager appeared first on Gambling Invest.