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==Objection==

==Objection==

Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) filed an objection against the TLD.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/16/icann_top_level_domain_applications_saudi_arabia_apparently_objects_to_catholic_gay_bible_.html?from=rss/&wpisrc=newsletter_slatest Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains, slate.com]</ref>

Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) filed an objection against the TLD.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/16/icann_top_level_domain_applications_saudi_arabia_apparently_objects_to_catholic_gay_bible_.html?from=rss/&wpisrc=newsletter_slatest Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains, slate.com]</ref> The country is not part of the [[GAC]] and therefore cannot issue a GAC Early Warning.

 

All of the applications for .casino were issued a [[GAC]] Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair, [[Heather Dryden]]. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the [[ICANN Board]] that a given TLD application should be denied as it stands. Applicants are encouraged to work with objecting GAC members.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/gac-early-warning GAC Early Warning, NewgTLDS.ICANN.org] Retrieved 24 Nov 2012</ref> One such warning, for [[Donuts]]' application, notes that the string is associated with a regulated market sector and that there are not currently sufficient protection mechanisms in place to prevent consumer harm.<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/Casino-AU-33633.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353385430000 Casino AU, GACweb.ICANN.org]</ref>

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