The Future of Bodog

[TraiViet]

bodog is a sports betting site as well as a pokerroom, is it very likely that they will be closed down pretty soon?

[mattnxtc]

wouldnt think so

[Lawman007]

http://www.recgroups.com/a/1/950926/

These online poker rooms have shut down within the past 12 hours. Betonsports.com shut down its website when its CEO was arrested.

Are you willing to bet all the money in your Bodog account that Bodog won't shut down its site if Calvin Ayre is arrested? I wouldn't.

[Jack Bando]

All closings/banning of USA players have been site mandated, so as long as Bodog doesn't worry about the US DOJ, it'll stay up.

[sublime]

calvin ayre is not going to enter the US.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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calvin ayre is not going to enter the US.

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1 article I read said he was in nyc last week..but yeah generally I agree

[Hince]

Calvin Ayre is a Canadian citizen, he doesn't operate or live in the US. I don't understand how they could possibly arrest him.

[tipperdog]

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Calvin Ayre is a Canadian citizen, he doesn't operate or live in the US. I don't understand how they could possibly arrest him.

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That's completely irrelevant. According to the DoJ's theory in the BetonSports case, if you commit overt acts in the furtherance of a conspiracy to entice or enable U.S. residents to gamble illegally, you violate the wire act. There is no question that Ayre has done this.

If the DoJ wants, they can arrest him if he's ever dumb enough to set foot in the U.S.

[lacky]

yes, I would bet the $632 in that account. If we all decide on mass panic/withdraws as the prudent coarse they wont need to pass any laws to kill internet poker.

[Blowup Doll]

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Calvin Ayre is a Canadian citizen, he doesn't operate or live in the US. I don't understand how they could possibly arrest him.

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I'm betting Noriega thought the same thing.

[PropPlayer]

I've been concerned with Bodog, because Calvin Ayre does enter the US. He makes trips to Vegas and NYC.
He also has an airline out of Vegas that has a plane branded with Bodog.

[mattnxtc]

does anybody know if bodog takes bets from US citizens over the phone?

seems like if they dont then he cant be in any trouble.

[Lawman007]

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Calvin Ayre is a Canadian citizen, he doesn't operate or live in the US. I don't understand how they could possibly arrest him.

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I'm betting Noriega thought the same thing.

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nh, sir

[Megenoita]

Any company that takes sports bets over any wire (such as the ones over which your computer runs to other computers) is in violation of the Wire Act.

[mayday4379]

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does anybody know if bodog takes bets from US citizens over the phone?

seems like if they dont then he cant be in any trouble.

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I placed action via the phone

[eurythmech]

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Calvin Ayre is a Canadian citizen, he doesn't operate or live in the US. I don't understand how they could possibly arrest him.

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I'm betting Noriega thought the same thing.

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POTM

[Naked 9]

This may be totally unrelated or just coincidence, but as of this morning I have been unable to access the gaming server of Bodog.com meaning I can log on but I can't view or join any tables. After contacting Bodog several times and trying thier suggestions to sovle my problem they told me I should check with my ISP (Adelphia) to see if they are blocking Bodog's port now. I am awaiting a response from Adelphia.

[Naked 9]

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This may be totally unrelated or just coincidence, but as of this morning I have been unable to access the gaming server of Bodog.com meaning I can log on but I can't view or join any tables. After contacting Bodog several times and trying thier suggestions to sovle my problem they told me I should check with my ISP (Adelphia) to see if they are blocking Bodog's port now. I am awaiting a response from Adelphia.

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According to my ISP they are not blocking Bodog for any reason. So I guess my sudden and still unresolved inability to play on Bodog is unrelated to any legal/legeslative issues concerning Bodog.

[PropPlayer]

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According to my ISP they are not blocking Bodog for any reason. So I guess my sudden and still unresolved inability to play on Bodog is unrelated to any legal/legeslative issues concerning Bodog.

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I logged in to check and many US accounts are playing now on Bodog.