[caption id="attachment_33219" align="alignright" width="183" caption="How you livin' Calvin Ayre?"][/caption] On February 28, 2012 Bodog founder and all-around bon vivant, Calvin Ayre was indicted on money laundering charges by the US Department of Justice. The indictment claimed that Ayre engaged in money laundering by routing player payments through international processors, circumventing US law against sports betting.…
Bodog poker sent out e-mails this weekend asking customers in 20 countries to withdraw all funds from their accounts. The original e-mail was short on details, but follow up e-mails confirmed that Bodog Poker was experiencing problems with payment processing in those markets. The e-mail went out to Bodog Poker players in the following countries:…
Here’s a brief timeline of notable online poker site closures since Black Friday (and one that took place well before that dark day). [caption id="attachment_23860" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Dutch Boyd"][/caption] Pokerspot.com - 2001 Pokerspot.com was a popular site run by professional poker players Dutch Boyd back in 2000. While the site was definitely blazing the trail…
Bodog Opens Asian Poker Room [caption id="attachment_22237" align="alignleft" width="183" caption="Bodog 88 team player Jay Tan."][/caption] One of the reasons Calvin Ayre has never worried much about losing his toehold in the American market because he's got a whole foot in the Asian market. Early this year he launched Bodog88, a new series of gaming sites…
Bodog is laying off 70 employees from its UK operation. According to company officials, the move is part of a restructuring effort that’s included layoffs in other parts of Calvin Ayre’s far flung gaming empire. Not surprisingly, the news set off a firestorm of speculation and conspiracy theories on gaming industry blogs and forums. But,…
[caption id="attachment_18799" align="alignright" width="259" caption="Gambling is frowned upon in Kentucky."][/caption] The Commonwealth of Kentucky is seizing 132 gambling domains in the latest step in a case that stretches back to 2008. According to Kentucky prosecutors, the domains in question represent illegal gambling devices and are in violation of the state's gaming laws. Although the case…
[caption id="attachment_18692" align="alignright" width="183" caption="Adios, Spain!"][/caption] Spanish gamblers are getting the boot from Bodog Europe by the end of this month. The move is just latest turn in an ongoing drama that's making the Spanish gaming look more like an episode of Survivor than a multi-million dollar industry. No official reason was given for the…
Life just got a little more interesting for American bettors with Bovada.lv accounts. Money transfers through MyPaylinQ are now suspended for players in Maryland, Washington, New York and Utah. MyPaylinQ is a processor used as middleman between players and gaming sites. This latest bit of bad gaming news seems clearly related to the recent indictment of…
The US Government has a blunt message for webmaster: We can seize .com domains whenever we want, no matter where the domain was originally registered. This directive comes in response to widespread criticism of the Feds' seizure of the Bodog.com domain name last week as part of their prosecution of gaming magnate Calvin Ayre. Ayre…
[caption id="attachment_18111" align="alignright" width="253" caption=""What, me worry?""][/caption] Calvin Ayre's indictment and the seizure of Bodog.com by the Department of Justice (DOJ) last week came as (somewhat) of a shock to most of the iGaming world. Few insiders knew what to make of the charges since most of Ayre's sites operate outside the US and Bodog.com…
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