.poker
| Status: | Delegated |
| country: | International |
| Registry: | Afilias |
| Registry Backend: | Afilias |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Lifestyle |
| Priority #: | 229 - Famous Four Media (dot Poker Limited) 471 - Donuts (Binky Mill, LLC) 1638 - Dot Poker LLC 1662 - Afilias |
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.poker is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program. After a Private auction in May 2014, Afilias became the only applicant for the string. It was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on the 15th October, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[1]
Current Applicant
Previous Applicants
- Donuts (Binky Mill, LLC) - The applicant has submitted Public Interest Commitments, which can be downloaded here.
- Dot Poker LLC - The applicant has submitted Public Interest Commitments, which can be downloaded here.
- Famous Four Media (dot Poker Limited)[2] - The applicant has submitted Public Interest Commitments, which can be downloaded here.
Private Auction
In a private auction conducted by Applicant Auction in May 2014, Afilias won the rights to .poker over the other three applicants for an undisclosed amount.[3]
Objection
Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) filed an objection against the TLD.[4]
Contract signed
On the 3rd July 2014, Afilias received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .tatar after passing the Initial Evaluation.[5]
Delegation
It was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on the 15th October, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[6]
References
- ↑ ICANN delegated strings Retrieved 5th December 2014.
- ↑ Poker Status, ICANN.org
- ↑ Afilias Winds Poker gTLD (5 June 2014) Kevin Murphy, Domain Incite; Retrieved 5 June 2014
- ↑ Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains, slate.com
- ↑ Registry Agreements, ICANN.org Retrieved 05 December 2014
- ↑ ICANN delegated strings Retrieved 5th December 2014.