N.C. Lottery hunts for online identity

Comment #8

CASH Only — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:11:20 GMT

Oklahoma's lottery website has .gov. Not too many lotteries seem to use .gov.

Comment #7

othertrucker — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:36:52 GMT

Its just another mountain we have to climb to be able to play the lottery. The name they have is perfect. Why search further and spend money you don't have

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powerplayer — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 05:38:05 GMT

I live in CT. We have www.ctlottery.org.Why don't they just get the .org domain? powerplayer

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Babel — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 04:50:42 GMT

Domain speculators should all be hunted down and killed. The ones that take common misspellings of sites and fill them with porn should be tortured, then killed.

Comment #4

Bradly_60 — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:21:02 GMT

I don't understand why they wouldn't just us the .gov domain. Only government agencies are allowed to register those domains. They won't have to pay for it and the state itself can run it for them. All you have to do is higher a webmaster. Take Michigan's for instance.....really easy......michigan.gov/lottery.....not that hard to remember and i am sure they didn't have to pay anything for it (like purchasing it from a capitalist).Brad

Comment #3

BaristaExpress — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 02:53:45 GMT

No, it's called Capitalism at it's BEST

Comment #2

Littleoldlady — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 02:00:01 GMT

That is called capitalism in action...

Comment #1

JAP69 — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:08:23 GMT

There will be a law passed at some point where no one can take an internet name unless they are actively engaged in the buisness of the site name they wish to purchase.Looks like a bunch of armchair speculators to me. Buy something for $9.99 and want to sell it for thousands.

N.C. Lottery hunts for online identity

Lottery Post — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:37:02 GMT

Internet-savvy speculators have bought all the logical Web addresses for North Carolina's lottery, leaving the state in a bind as it looks for a smooth, easy way to get out information on the games.Dan Gerlach, an adviser to Gov. Mike Easley, said state officials have looked for an easy-to-remember name for the lottery's online home, but they're all gone. All the permutations we could think of, he told the lottery commissioners at their inaugural meeting this month.Charles Hayworth of Winston... [ More ]