Bodog Seized?

Local sports bookies rejoice! Business could soon pick up now that the Feds have seized the Bodog.com website and indicted founder Calvin Ayre, along with three other Canadians, for illegal gambling and money laundering, Forbes reports. The indictment comes from Maryland, where sports betting is illegal. Ayre, who marketed himself as the Hugh Hefner of online gambling, denounced the charges on his website, saying it is an "abuse of the US criminal justice system for the commercial gain of large US corporations. ..."

as far as I know they seized the domain which is no longer in use since one year

yes they seized the domain name which was not in use for a year - not the company

I love Calvin Ayre, the US has targeted him several times and each time he just flips them the bird and continues about his business.
I have not read much on this but Bodog was one step ahead and switched their domain a while ago, so if they seized .com, good for them, lol.

the sites still up as bovada the owners are just screwed and under investigation if i remember what i read correctly

I had few bucks in Bodog before they switched but couldn't logon to the new network because of country of orgin (USA). Has anyone been playing over there if so did your exsisting account get transfered with funds in place?

i wasn't ever able to change over to bovada when they changed it from bodog.

I just heard bodog.com was seized by the DOJ. I don't know the details of why, but now I have a question. If they're still seizing sites, what are the chances merge gets hit?

Money laundering & such of over $100M.

Go to poker.org and see the full details.

yesterdays news (actually 1+ year ago news)

It will be business as usual, Bodog stopped using the .com a while ago, the DOJ can have it.

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Originally Posted by MrPokerVerse

I had few bucks in Bodog before they switched but couldn't logon to the new network because of country of orgin (USA). Has anyone been playing over there if so did your exsisting account get transfered with funds in place?

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Yes all funds were in place when it was moved to bovada from bodog.

Hmmm off to see what's new after this post ... bodog has been going thru this stuff for years though, way before black friday.

dam i hope carbon is not next this is the only site i play at now since black friday..just a matter of time i guess

I have been playing on Bovada. No problems.

That is the reason they open Bovado domain because they knew the DOJ was going to seize Bodog. I guess they're trying to go legit now. LOL

Bodog is now Bovado right now. I just hope that things would work out well in the long run.
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Yes bodog is Bovada, They have been Bovada for a long time now.

i always thought Bodog was legit anyway? No?

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Originally Posted by PooffyFooffy

It will be business as usual, Bodog stopped using the .com a while ago, the DOJ can have it.


Yes all funds were in place when it was moved to bovada from bodog.

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Thanks, will try download it again then.

I have been on Bovada for a while now. It is good site.

How are withdrawals handled for us player? Anyone know.

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Originally Posted by abwil2

Local sports bookies rejoice! Business could soon pick up now that the Feds have seized the Bodog.com website and indicted founder Calvin Ayre, along with three other Canadians, for illegal gambling and money laundering, Forbes reports. The indictment comes from Maryland, where sports betting is illegal. Ayre, who marketed himself as the Hugh Hefner of online gambling, denounced the charges on his website, saying it is an "abuse of the US criminal justice system for the commercial gain of large US corporations. ..."

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that why ftp was shut down cus our government is currupt

I like Bovada. Just use Mypaylinq for withdraw and deposit.

i was going say ...what it still works on my computer
seems like its old news

Yeah this isn't something new but shit Bodog was a favorite for US & Canada.

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Originally Posted by MrPokerVerse

Thanks, will try download it again then.

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should be ok sir
every thing was swicthed over
they were prepared for the bust ~ by the doj

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Originally Posted by tommylee2866

that why ftp was shut down cus our government is currupt

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yes on our government being corrupt but that is besides the point ... no on why FTP was shut down

me so sad