Bodog Brand Will Leave US Market End of Year: Name Change Coming for US Customers

The Bodog brand will be no more in the US come the end of 2011 as its licensing deal with the Morris Mohawk Gaming is set to expire and will not be renewed. US business will be transferred to a new website run by MMGG.

Bodog obtained a license in the United Kingdom two weeks ago and is looking to expand throughout Europe and the Asian market.

The Bodog name as we know it today was started by Calvin Ayre in 2000, though Ayre has been involved in the online gambling industry since its inception originally starting The Big Book back in the late 1990’s.

Ayre’s own website CalvinAyre.com reports that, other than a name change, the MMGG will continue to operate an online gambling site to US customers beyond 2011.

That blows.. Bodog was cool and trusted. Change in US ownership doesn't thrill me at all.

I read that this morning and it ruined my day. That was the first site I ever played on and I always loved the way the US would try and interrupt their process, and they basically would give the government the finger.
This is starting to concern me a bit as far as what we have in store for the future of online poker.

What does this mean for US players ?

Bodog was probably the 2nd best US site left. Even though its not compatible with Mac. US just took another hit, but not even comparable to Pokerstars or Full Tilt

I read about this morning as well. Not shocked as to all the issues it has had in the past with its sports booking and US law. They were having legal issues before black friday.

I have not heard that about Bodog, not that I ever played on it.

Another poker room closed to the US players..bad news.

I never really played a Bodog it just wasn't my site.

I stopped playing when they stopped the freerolls. Besides Hero's freerolls, Bodog had the best MTT freerolls. Decent $120 prize for first, and it was easy to make top 63 compared to other freerolls. Super unstable client though, but I did like the look of it.

I have never played on Bodog so it won't affect me.

Don't said like that, you know that Bodog have been a favor for US players.
xD

Never played there, but I feel sad for US players if it will affect them

not from us but but reall sorry to hear ;(

wow amazing how meany are leaving the usa..... hope carbon stays...

played there for years,,,really going to miss them,,,,

Me too. I have played there for a long time. But maybe we can still play there some how

bodog is a crapy site.
no freerolls. the look and feel sucks
looks like another merge site.
to plain no aveatars.
just crapy sites

what else is knew, online poker is weakening by the day in the US

Online poker won't recover from Black Friday-Live Play Will Become King Again.

bodog always seemed a little fishy but still sucks to see ne1 leaving the u.s. market

wow that stinks i kinda like bodog .... but just another one to bite the dust .... they'll be more soon(i hope)

That kind of sucks. i like playing on bodog.

They are just going to change the name for US players and transfer funds over to a new site. It may not be as bad as it looks, but only time will tell.

never really tried it the freerolls were gone when i tried it so I never played after i downloaded it

i honestly always hated bodog

I have heard of Bodog but never tried playing there. Once I played on Stars I never left.

Bodog is a good site,,,fast checks, no charge for checks,,,sent via FedEx.

Bodog was the site where I made my first donk play, my first real money tourney cash after getting skunked for my first 40 buy-ins, my first MTT victory, my first cash out (it took 5 weeks to get my check that then bounced), my first royal flush and the reason that I will never, ever, ever play online casino games for real money. And after drifting away to the greener pastures of Stars and FT I find myself playing there again. A lot of people look at Bodog as the fish pond of the online world, I think of it as the place where my passion for poker began.

bodog isnt going amywhere

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Bodog is a good site,,,fast checks, no charge for checks,,,sent via FedEx.

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You know what... I will miss that. Their customer service seemed to be very good, and there seemed to be a lot less complaints about bounced checks. Still though, I think a stable client is way more important than anything and it's so hard to respect them unless you're mainly sports betting.

RIP bodog

Good, Bodog sucked anyway. Bad tournaments.

I thought Bodog was a good site. I have won some good money off of there.

So it is just a name change then? I am confused now after reading some of these posts.

It is just a name change. MMGG is going to be the name.

ok i give up what does MMGG stand for.

I never cared for Bodog either. I have no idea what mmgg is.

Is it becoming a part of Merge, maybe? I dunno.

Oh wow, I liked Bodog. It was more casino like feeling.