Bodog

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Bodog.com Entertainment is an online gambling, music and entertainment company headquartered in Antigua and licensed in Kahnawake, Antigua and Barbuda and the United Kingdom. Bodog maintains an online sportsbook and racebook, an online casino and an online poker room. The company was founded in 1994 by Calvin Ayre.

1 Company
2 Legal
3 Poker
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Company

Bodog also owns Bodog.net (the play money version of their regular gaming site), as well as an international music label called Bodog Music, and a television production division which produces shows such as Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker that appeared on Fox Sports Net.

In 2006, Bodog launched a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion called BodogFight. It airs on the Outdoor and Recreation Channel and The Fight Network (in Canada), as well as being broadcast online. BoDogFight also has a distribution deal with ION Media Networks.

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[edit] Legal

The ABC newsmagazine show Nightline highlighted the website and its legal ambiguities in an episode that originally aired on July 7, 2006.^[1]

In August 2006, a lawsuit was filed and later withdrawn by Bluemoon Entertainment. The lawsuit was withdrawn because Bodog had very little assets based in the United States.^[2]

In October 2006 the U.S. government passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act which prohibits banks from processing transactions for online gambling operators. Though the act did not make online gambling itself illegal per se, many online casinos and poker rooms abandoned the U.S. market, though Bodog chose to continue to serve U.S. players. However, in late 2006 it did stop advertising its gambling operations in non-online media. In January 2007 transaction processor Neteller left the U.S. market because of the legal climate surrounding online gambling. This increased Bodog's cost for processing transactions between players, and it responded by eliminating the 10% reload bonus it previously gave to players, though it still offers the 10% signup bonus.

[edit] Poker

Professional poker players David Williams, Josh Arieh, and Evelyn Ng are members of Team Bodog and play regularly in the Bodog poker room. At the time of his victory, 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Jamie Gold was also a member of Team Bodog, but that business relationship ended on January 25, 2007.^[3]