“The selection of domain names available should appeal to igaming operators and affiliates alike as domains represent a good investment and many of the names available for sale in the auction are perfect to be developed into web properties,” commented GamblingInvest.com founder, Pierluigi Buccioli.

“Participants turnover has so far been lower than we expected, so registered bidders should be able to snatch domains at very good prices,” added Buccioli.

From January 25 to January 30 the igaming industry gathered in London to attend the ICE Totally Gaming and the London Affiliate Conference.

“It may well be that last week igaming operators were busy attending the London events. Hopefully they are now back in the office and have fully recovered from a week of parties in London, ready to join the bidding,” concluded Buccioli.

If you are interested to participate in GamblingInvest.com’s Gambling Domains London auction, you can find the full catalogue and register for bidding at proxibid.com/gamblinginvest

The auction ends on February 2, 2011, at 8PM (UK time).

With several other US states considering regulating gambling on the Internet, industry insiders believe that if Governor Christie puts his signature on New Jersey igaming legislation, not only New Jersey will become the first US state with online gambling, but its igaming regulation could be the much needed push for the entire USA to change their attitude towards online gambling.

Gambling Invest is offering for sale, in an online auction starting Wednesday 26 January, a good selection of premium .us gambling domains such as igaming.us, picks.us, bettingexchange.us, financialbetting.us and many more.

“US facing domains are just a part of the great selection of gambling names offered for sale by Gambling Invest,” said Pierluigi Buccioli, founder of the domains auction house. “The auction includes also brandable domains like Totobet.com, Londonbet.com and P2Pbet.com as well as many names at bargain prices with lots of potential for development.”

“While domain auctions are generally created for domain investors, the gambling names offered in the Gambling Invest online sale have a real appeal for gambling operators and affiliates alike,” added Buccioli.

“Keyword domains always represent a good investment because they provide an actual advantage in search engine marketing, but gambling keyword names are also easy to monetize and if developed into a site, a gambling domain can provide a very good return on investment,” he concluded.

GamblingInvest.com’s Gambling Domains London auction starts January 26 at 8PM (UK time) and ends February 2 at 8PM (UK time). The full auction catalogue is available at http://www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?aid=35497

All interested bidders need to register at Proxibid in order to participate to the auction.

The gambling domains specialist announced that it will host an online auction featuring over 2000 domains, covering all the key sectors of the gambling industry from sports betting to racing, to casino and poker. These will include bettingexchange.us, igaming.us, picks.us, bookmakers.mobi, jackpotnews.com and tennispicks.com.

“Domain names in general and gambling domains in particular are an excellent investment,” said Pierluigi Buccioli, founder of Gambling Invest and online gambling super-affiliate.

“Demand and prices for gambling domains have continued to go up in the last two years despite the economic crisis and recession, confirming that domains can be used to capture qualified Internet traffic and to establish a company’s identity online. But they are also an excellent investment for buyers that are prepared to hold onto them for few years as well as for operators who develop domain names into web properties.”

“And with the United States considering the introduction of online gambling regulations and several other countries opening their online gambling markets to international competition, it is safe to say that 2011 will be another record year for gambling domains.”

The portfolio of gambling domains offered for sale by Gambling Invest includes lots of domain names that igaming affiliates can develop into gambling portals as well as a good selection of names perfect for operators looking to establish an internet presence or internet startups looking to launch a new brand.

The domains will be up for auction through the Proxibid platform between January 26 and February 2, 2011.

Gambling Invest will make more details of the auction available in the coming weeks.

There was a lot of interest around Slots.com when the auction was first announced at the GPWA forum, then cancelled, eventually ending up at SnapNames. At this point, the owner has not said if a second auction will be held or if negotations will take place with the highest bidder. But $4.5 million is certainly a price worth considering. At that price, if confirmed, the sale would top the 2010 sales chart at DN Journal, knocking off Photo.com recently sold by Moniker for $1,250,000. Had the name sold for $6m, it would have been a bigger sale than casino.com, which sold for $5.5m, placing Slots.com in the top 10 of reported domain sales of all-time.

While the high bid of $4.5 million suggests there is definite interest, gambling webmasters and domainers in particular have been skeptical at the owner’s target price.
And the lukewarm response to the Slots.com auction indicates the seller needs to be more flexible to tempt the right buyers.

Whatever the outcome of the Slots.com auction, the domain market certainly doesn’t need a rally to show its worth. Nearly 30 of 2010′s top domain sales have been for six-figure dollar amounts and at least 12 gambling domain sales have been reached five figures or more.

UPDATE: The Epik Blog reported last night that Slots.com eventually sold for $5.5 million possibly to one of the big online gambling casino providers.

Following the flop of the Budapest BAC live auction and after failing to move the auction online, the London-based Domain Invest Ltd announced a change in its plans for GamblingInvest.com. which effective immediately will concentrate on the development of a marketplace to sell domains Domain Invest Ltd controls directly or in partnership with others.

“As usual with a premiere, it’s not until the end of the first performance that you can really start to sense what works and what is wrong,” said GamblingInvest.com’s founder Pierluigi Buccioli referring to the Budapest auction.

“Having said that, I take the full responsability for deciding to go ahead with the live auction despite a week before the event I started to suspect that buyer participation was not going to be anywhere close to sellers interest, but then I still hoped that industry people at the conference (the famous end-users) would have supported the rather unique event.”

“Now it would be easy to make a list of things that didn’t go as planned during the two days event, but considering that all complaints from potential buyers claimed that the reserve prices were too high and that around 50% of the domain owners that a week before Budapest seemed enthusiast in supporting an auction site dedicated to gambling domains, didn’t agree to move the auction online or ignored my request altogether, I realized that to keep things going, GamblingInvest.com needed immediately some major changes.”

Buccioli concluded: “I still believe a dedicated (and successful) domain auction site would be beneficial to the entire igaming sector and GamblingInvest.com will definitely give another go at the live auction business at some point, but right now and for the time being we will concentrate our efforts in trying to create an active gambling domains marketplace and the most suitable way to succeed in doing so is by putting for sale our own portfolio at competitive prices.”

The full list of gambling domains available for sale will published starting next week. For more information see www.gamblinginvest.com.

The most immediate (and logical) action is to try to do the auction online (using the 7-days format), mostly because I believe in the domains listed in the catalog and I think it’s my responsability to try to sell them even though what I initially thought could be the perfect set-up (the live auction in Budapest) turned out to be totally wrong.

With this I’m not saying gambling domains auctions should not be done live, but simply that I know now they cannot be held live just at every gambling conference, because not all events have the right people attending them. And by right people I don’t mean cool people, but people who understand how the domain aftermarket works as well as people who within a company can make a decision whether to buy a new important domain.

Pierluigi Buccioli , Founder of GamblingInvest.com, commented: “I’m both excited and honored that Proxibid and Moneybookers have agreed to work with GamblingInvest.com despite we began operations less than two months ago.”

“Our agreement with Proxibid will provide gambling webmasters and domain investors around the world the option to participate to the live auction from their homes and/or offices, while Moneybookers escrow services will guarantee that both sellers and buyers are protected against fraud.” added Buccioli.

Be sure to check the great selection of gambling domains GamblingInvest.com put together for the Budapest auction, including:
bet1x2.com
betting.ie
ciaobet.com
freepoker.de
gambling.gg
holdem.de
liquidpoker.com
livescores.asia
odds2go.com
onlineholdem.net
p2pbetting.com
pokertutors.com
starpoker.com
txholdem.com
worldcupbettingtips.com

And don’t forget to check the full list at http://gamblinginvest.com/index.php?a=budapest-auction-catalog

Pre-registration for live attendees and absentee bids forms are available at gamblinginvest.com. Registration for online bidders is available at proxibid.com/gamblinginvest

The auction will feature 150 high-quality domains, which have been chosen from more than 5,000 submission as the most likely to appeal to gambling webmasters, companies and investors attending the live event or viewing the auction online.

Pre-registration for live attendees and absentee bids form are available at gamblinginvest.com. To join the bidding online, please register at proxibid.com/gamblinginvest starting on Saturday September 5.

Budapest on-site registration will be available at Gambling Invest’s booth B46 starting Friday September 11 at 9.30AM.

Following is the alphabetical list of gambling domain names which are for sale and their reserve prices:

10-j-q-k-a.com €300
21blackjack.mobi €300
24hsportsbook.com €1500
100ksportsbook.com €1500
247gambling.com €400
alderneybet.com €2000
antiguabet.com €2500
anywager.com €2500
bestcasinopoker.net €300
bet1x2.com €30000
bet2wager.com €2500
bet4sports.com €7500
betbinary.com €500
betfutbol.net €300
bethebookmaker.com €500
betlive.net €300
betting.ie €10000
bettingmarket.eu €300
bettingpoker.net €500
bettingsociety.com €500
bettingsuccess.com €500
bettingvoucher.com €300
biggerbonus.eu €300
bluesportsbook.com €1500
bookmaker.im €400
bookmakers.im €400
capitalsportsbook.com €1500
cardroom.mobi €400
cardrooms.mobi €300
cashyourbet.com €300
casinoblackjack.mobi €400
casinoconventions.com €300
casinoexhbition.com €300
casinoenligne.mobi €1000
casinogambling.es €3500
casinogamblinghq.com €300
casinorss.com + .biz, .info and .org extensions €300
casinos.ac €1300
casinosenligne.mobi €400
casinosguide.info €300
casinosoftware.info €300
casinosupreme.com €4000
casinotips.net €1000
centsportsbook.com €1500
ciaobet.com €5000
costaricabet.com €2500
curacaobet.com €2000
dollarscasino.com €3000
elbingo.es €5000
eupoker.eu €300
euroslots.net €300
firstsportsbook.com €1500
firstvegascasino.com + firstvegaspoker.com €2000
flamingosportsbook.com €1500
flop.tv €5000
freebingo.eu €400
freeholdem.mobi €300
freepoker.de €14000
fullbonus.com €500
gambler.lv €400
gambling.gg €1500
gamblingcasino.in €300
gamblinggames.in €300
gamblinginternet.in €300
gamblingnews.in €300
gamblingpoker.in €300
gamblingroulette.in €300
gamblingsites.in €300
gamblingsports.in €300
ganaralblackjack.es €2500
germanybet.com €3000
gibraltarbet.com €3000
holdem.de €55000
holdemnews.net €300
hollywoodbetting.com €1500
hotbet.org €300
ibetonsports.net €300
italybetting.com €2500
jaguarsportsbook.com €1500
kenoclub.com €300
lasvegaspoker.mobi €400
lasvegasroulette.org €300
learningblackjack.com €1000
linemaker.net €300
lionbet.com €1500
liquidpoker.com €35000
livescores.asia €2500
lottosi.com €1000
magicluckcasino.com €500
midasgambling.com €300
mobilebets.net €400
mobilesportsbooks.net €300
movingodds.com €300
mrsportsbetting.com €500
netpoker.se €200
netsportbooks.com €300
netspreadbetting.com €300
nolimitholdempokertournament.com €400
nolimittournament.com €10000
nolimittournaments.net €1500
oasispoker.com €15000
odds2go.com €3000
oddscentral.com €500
offshorevegas.com €300
okbetting.com €1500
online-sportsbooks.eu €300
onlinecasino.com.tw €300
onlinecasino.gg €1000
onlineholdem.net €1000
p2pbetting.com €5000
playbingo.es €5000
playoffshore.com €300
pokeradvices.com €500
pokerbetting.org €400
pokerchance.com €2500
pokerespanol.es €5000
pokerideas.com €5000
pokertutors.com €3000
pokervox.com €500
pokerway.com €4000
pokerwebsite.com €300
pokermondays + pokertuesdays + pokerwednesdays + pokerthursdays + pokersaturdays + pokersundays €400
pokerxpress.com €2000
premiumcasinos.com €300
progressivejackpots.us €400
rapidbet.com €2500
realcasinopoker.com €300
redblackcasino.com €1500
regencysportsbook.com €1500
renopoker.net €300
royalbookmaker.com + royalbookmakers.com €500
royalflush.mobi €400
roulette.hn €500
skillbets.com €1500
skillgames.gg €1000
skillpoker.net €500
slotscarousel.com €500
slotsmall.com €4000
smartodds.eu €300
southafricabet.com €2500
sportsbookbets.net €400
sportsbookbetting.net €300
sportsbooktips.net €300
spreadbetx.com €2500
starpoker.com + star-poker.com €285000
texasholdem.at €3000
texasholdemtournament.net €400
topkeno.com €300
txholdem.com €100000
ultimatescores.com €1500
virtualbookmaker.net €500
worldcupbettingtips.com €2500

The live auction will take place in two sessions on Friday September 11 and Saturday September 12 at the Budapest Affiliate Conference.

About GamblingInvest.com
Recently founded by serial web entrepreneur Pierluigi Buccioli, with a London January 2010 live auction already in the works and plans for a series of themed auctions to be held online, GamblingInvest.com is looking to establish itself as the marketplace where buyers and sellers of gambling-related domains come together.

Having searched the internet for a gambling domains auction site and coming up empty handed, Pierluigi Buccioli, founder of BookmakersReview.com and now CEO at Domain Invest Ltd, launched GamblingInvest.com. The site provides a marketplace bringing together buyers and sellers of gambling related domain names. The grand opening will feature a live auction at the upcoming Budapest Affiliate Conference on September 12, 2009.

“I’m confident I’ll put together at least 200 premium gambling domains for our first live auction event at Budapest BAC,” said company founder Pierluigi Buccioli.

“But I actually look at the Budapest Affiliate Conference as a trial baloon in anticipation of an even bigger live auction event at the London Affiliate Conference in January 2010,” Mr. Buccioli added.

“And I expect the Gambling Invest live auction to become a recurring event at the affiliate conferences that bring together gambling webmasters and all type of companies involved in the gambling sector,” he concluded.

Owners of gambling domains can submit their names for consideration to be included in the live auction catalogue by contacting Mr. Buccioli directly at sales@gamblinginvest.com

Interested buyers are invited to participate at the auction in person, but for those unable to attend the live event it will still be possible to place bids online or by telephone as well as leave absentee bids with the auctioneer.

All sales will be handled through the Moneybookers Escrow service thereby guaranteeing security for both sellers and buyers.

The auction catalogue will be published at the beginning of September. For more information about the auction or selling your domains, please visit
www.gamblinginvest.com.