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Tumultuous Week Sees Bodog Lose Domain Name, Switch to NewBodog.com It was undeniably a long and strange week for billionaire Calvin Ayre and his flagship online casino, sports book and poker room, Bodog.com. Confused Bodog members around the world woke up this Tuesday to find the usual Bodog.com domain completely inaccessible. Speculation of course ran rampant across the internet gambling chat rooms as to the who and what behind the shut down, and an already skittish online community wondered if this was yet another move on the part of the United States Department of Justice. The mystery was solved less than 12 hours later, however, when a new domain – www.newbodog.com – was launched, offering virtually all of the same features of the original Bodog domain and allowing customers to log in to their accounts as usual. The billionaire CEO himself then cleared up the issue to some degree with a statement posted on the new site: “We are currently experiencing difficulties with the Bodog.com DNS registration and I wanted to let you know that until the issue is resolved we are directing all our players to www.newbodog.com, with little or no interruption to Bodog services. “Bottom line: you can play at Bodog right now. Everything you see will be the same as what you are used to and we'll resolve any minor glitches shortly. “The problem is the direct result of a dispute over the ownership of the Bodog.com domain name. We are fighting this dispute and are confident that we will win. In the meantime, other than the change in URL, it is business as usual.” As more information was revealed throughout the week, a clearer picture of the issue emerged: It turns out Bodog - and several other well known online gaming sites actually – had been sued by a company called 1st Technology LLC, which owns a patent on a process for taking wagers online. The company claimed Bodog's software infringes on that patent, and it was due damages. The issue had been pending for some time now, but became much more immediate as of August 1. |
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