.casino

Status:	Proposed
Type:	Generic
Category:	Commerce
More information:

.casino is a new generic top level domain name applied for in ICANN's New gTLD Program.

Current Applicants

There are four applicants for the string:

1. Famous Four Media (dot Casino Limited), the contact person is Geir Rasmussen; the company is based in Gibraltar and applied for 61 new gTLDs.
2. Donuts (Binky Sky, LLC), a start-up registry company backed by large investors which applied for 307 new gTLDs.
3. Afilias Limited
4. dotBeauty LLC, the contact person is Brian David Johnson

Objection

Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) filed an objection against the TLD. 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. 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.

Top-Level Domain

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