Calvin Ayre indicted, Bodog.com domain seized, but business is as always

Bodog is absolutely  one of the primary names in on line gaming since they've been operating from the mid 90's. Unfortunately, they’re such a big name that the us Division  of Homeland Safety has been building a case against Bodog. This lately resulted in the seizure of the website name Bodog.com, which was reported by CalvinAyre.com.

The very good news is that Bodog.com isn’t actually that important to the company’s operation since American gamers utilize Bovada Poker now; those outside of the U. S. use the domain name Bodog.eu. Hence it doesn’t genuinely make much sense that the Department of Homeland Security would waste their time confiscating this web-site name.

As for Bodog founder Calvin Ayre’s thoughts on the matter, he was quoted as saying, “Not certain what to say. BodogBrand.com is a brand-licensing business based outside the us. The brand left the market industry last year and the domain name in question has been dormant internationally for longer than that.” He added, “We are just presently doing brand licensing deals outside the united states thus this domain had no spot in any of our present plans.”

Bodog founder Calvin Ayre has been indicted by federal prosecutors in Baltimore and the Bodog.com domain name has been grabbed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

In the indictment unsealed currently, Ayre, James Phillip, David Ferguson and Derrick Maloney are faced with doing a gambling business in addition to cash laundering. Rod Rosenstein, the U.S. Attorney in Baltimore, alleges that the offenders "did purposefully and unlawfully carry out fund, manage, supervise, direct, and own all or part of an outlawed gambling business, to wit, a gambling business involving online sports betting."

"Sports wagering is illegal in Maryland, and federal law forbids bookmakers from flouting that law mainly because they are based  outside the country," said Rosenstein. "Many of the damages that underline gambling prohibitions are increased once the enterprises perform over the internet with out regulation."

The indictment alleges that Bodog communicated with two processors to facilitate payments with bettors. The processors known as in the indictment were JBL Companies, which apparently prepared at least $43 million, and ZipPayments, which allegedly processed at least $57 million. Cash from each those processors was previously seized by the IRS back in 2008.

Ayre responded to the indictments with a statement on his site, CalvinAyre.com.

“I notice this as abuse of the U.S. criminal justice system for the industrial obtain of large U.S. firms," he claimed. "It is apparent that This external link was removed for your protection industry is legal under worldwide law and in the case of all these documents is it additionally clear that the rule of law wasn't allowed to slow down a rush to try to attempt to win the war of public opinion."

Guests that log onto Bodog.com are greeted with a Department of Justice seizure notice similar to the one which was plastered on the home pages of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and UB.com back on April fifteen, 2011. Nonetheless, the real difference in this notice is that it was given by the Department of Homeland Security and not the FBI.

The seizure should not affect the short-term business of Bodog. The Bodog.com domain name has not been in utilize since late last year. That domain name had recently been switched to Bodog.eu and American gamers have been able to access Bovada.lv since December. Both of those web pages are working as usual.