URL on Hundreds of Thousands of Maryland License Plates Redirects to an Online Filipino Casino

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URL on Hundreds of Thousands of Maryland License Plates Redirects to an Online Filipino Casino
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The original URL took users to a webpage with information on the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.

reports that in 2012, Maryland released a new license plate to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. That license plate was apparently the default license plate for Maryland cars between 2012 and 2016, and featured a URL at the bottom to www.starspangled200.org. Sometime last year, however, that URL began to redirect to globeinternational.info—the homepage of a Filipino online casino. There, a scantily-clad woman advertises “Phillippines Best Betting Site.

”Maryland Department of Transportation did not immediately return Gizmodo’s request for comment. Gizmodo also couldn’t reach out to the casino at the website’s “Contact Us” page 403's.to publicly notice the issue, posting on the Maryland subreddit two days ago. The Redditor also posted evidence that the domain has changed hands a few times, but that those webpages were all tied to government organizations like the state or the National Park Service.

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