Channel5:
Is not there domain that expired

Probably there SSL certificate

Even if their SSL Certificate expired, the effect won't be as devastating as it is.. The site will still run, but some dialogue boxes notifying the guest of risk while using your site will pop up waiting for user response. Asides that, SSL is not that fatal..

I think their cPanel was hacked. When a domain expires, it's not sold off immediately, there's a grace period and multiple reminders come via email reminding you to renew. The point is that, there's still more to the story which only the development team can testify to..

jonathanakanbi1:
Bet9ja one of Nigeria’s leading bet companies had its online business hit rock bottom on Tuesday when its domain reportedly got expired.

A smart web designer who is reported to have found the domain for sale on GoDaddy purchased it instantly and this led to a shutdown on the highly visited website.

A Facebook user Mikhael Nice however posted on his timeline screenshots of what has been the landing page of the website with caption “Bet9ja expired and they didn’t know. Domain went straight to the market, the dude purchased it and instead bet9ja went and registered bet9ja2.”

“To cut the long story short, they have now repurchased the domain from the dude, redirecting it to bet9ja2.”

“The dude is now a millionaire and the management may be sacked”.


However, at the time of filing this report, the website is still down, with a GoDaddy ads on its landing page. News Bet9ja official website is now bet9ja2.com


https://hotfrom9ja.com/bet9ja-loses-website/

the story is not complete... maybe cpanel was hacked. That sounds a lot more convincing...

ikhalyfah:

the story is hard to believe, besides several notifications always come via mail before the expiry date of a domain...