4.2.1.1.1.17 Gambling
This category includes sites of online gambling or lottery web sites that invite the use of real or
virtual money; information or advice for placing wagers, participating in lotteries, gambling, or
running numbers; virtual casinos and offshore gambling ventures; sports picks and betting pools;
and virtual sports and fantasy leagues that offer large rewards or request significant wagers.
Note: Casino, hotel, and resort sites that do not feature online gambling or provide gaming tips
are categorized under Travel.
4.2.1.1.1.18 Games
This category includes sites for game playing or downloading, game hosting or contest hosting,
tips and advice on games or obtaining cheat codes ("cheatz"), and journals and magazines
dedicated to online game playing.
4.2.1.1.1.19 Government
This category includes sites for local, state, federal and international government sites, and
government services, such as taxation, armed forces, customs bureaus, and emergency services.
4.2.1.1.1.20 Hacking
This category includes sites for the promotion, instruction, or advice on the questionable or illegal
use of equipment and software for purpose of hacking passwords, creating viruses, gaining access
to other computers and computerized communication systems; sites that provide instruction or
work-arounds for filtering software; cracked software and information sites; warez; pirated software
and multimedia download sites; and computer crime sites.
4.2.1.1.1.21 Health and Medicine
This category includes sites for prescription medicines; medical information and reference about
ailments, conditions, and drugs; general health, such as fitness and well-being; medical procedures,
including elective and cosmetic surgery; dentistry, optometry, and other medical-related sites;
general psychiatry and mental well-being sites; psychology, self-help books, and organizations;
promoting self-healing of physical and mental abuses, ailments, and addictions; alternative and
complementary therapies, including yoga, chiropractic, and cranio-sacral; and hospital and medical
insurance sites.
4.2.1.1.1.22 Hobbies and Recreation
This category includes sites for recreational pastimes, such as collecting, gardening, and kit
airplanes; outdoor recreational activities, such as hiking, camping, and rock climbing; tips or trends
focused on a specific art, craft, or technique; online publications on a specific pastime or
recreational activity; online clubs, associations, or forums dedicated to a hobby; traditional games,
such as board games and card games, and their enthusiasts; and animal and pet related sites,
including breed-specific sites, training, shows, and humane societies sites.
4.2.1.1.1.23 Hosting Sites
This category includes web sites that host business and individuals’ web pages, for example
GeoCities, earthlink.net, and AOL.
4.2.1.1.1.24 Illegal Drugs
This category includes sites for recipes, instructions or kits for manufacturing or growing illicit
substances for purposes other than industrial usage; glamorizing, encouraging, or instructing on
the use of or masking the use of alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs, or other substances that are illegal
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