Its transformation features in research announced by Backlinking.com on Oct. 12, which tracked thousands of expired-domain auctions and identified hundreds of addresses being used for gambling content<\/a>.<\/p>\n From Royal Tree Campaign to Online Gambling Slots<\/p>\n The Queen’s Green Canopy was created to mark the Queen’s 2022 Platinum Jubilee.<\/p>\n According to Backlinking.com’s case study, its domain sold for $34,001 in July 2025.<\/p>\n The old campaign content remained visible for roughly a year before researchers recorded a redirect to an Indonesian slot promotion in August 2026.<\/p>\n The domain also carried a substantial legacy of links.<\/p>\n Backlinking.com reported that an August snapshot identified 2,022 referring domains, including 436 government domains.<\/p>\n The destination has since changed from the address documented in the August case study<\/p>\n Hundreds of Domains Repurposed for Gambling<\/p>\n Backlinking.com examined 3,692 recorded auction sales worth $22.3 million, covering transactions of at least $3,000 between January 2024 and May 2026.<\/p>\n Its initial audit identified 448 domains rebuilt directly as gambling or betting sites<\/a>, representing 12.1% of the sample.<\/p>\n Of the 746 domains that had government backlinks at the time of sale, 125 were subsequently classified as gambling sites.<\/p>\n The Oct. 12 announcement also reported a follow-up check 30 days later \u2014 during that period, 170 domains became gambling pages while 133 stopped, increasing the total to 485.<\/p>\n Vote Leave and the UN Health Website Also Feature<\/p>\n The research documented a similar change on voteleavetakecontrol.org, which was formerly used by the designated Leave campaign in the 2016 Brexit referendum.<\/p>\n Backlinking.com recorded a $46,001 sale on Nov. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n An archived homepage from Vote Leave’s website on Jan. 1, 2026, showed a guide to casinos outside the GamStop self-exclusion scheme.<\/p>\n However, the researchers later encountered an access-blocking page, which was also seen by CCN’s checks.<\/p>\n Archived homepage from Vote Leave’s website on January 1 showed it had been taken over by GamStop Casinos | Source: Wayback Machine<\/p>\n Another case concerned everywomaneverychild.org, previously associated with a global health movement launched under the UN secretary-general.<\/p>\n The researchers recorded its sale for $25,500 in October 2025 and an August 2026 redirect chain that ended on a page with an Indonesian casino brand in its title.<\/p>\n The Value Lies in Links Left Behind<\/p>\n The commercial attraction is the network of links an established website has accumulated.<\/p>\n A council, school, or charity may link to a useful resource and leave that recommendation in place for years.<\/p>\n If the address changes hands, the same link can lead to entirely different content.<\/p>\n “When a charity or campaign domain expires, the links that other websites gave it do not expire with it,” 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