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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. Image File history File links Bodog_Logo. ...
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The Kahnawake Mohawk Territory (Kahnawá:ke) is an Indian reserve on the south shore of the St. ...
// A sportsbook (sometimes abbreviated as book) or a race and sports book is a place where a gambler can wager on various sports competitions, including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, horse racing and boxing. ...
Online casinos, also known as virtual casinos or internet casinos, are online versions of traditional (brick and mortar) casinos. ...
Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
Calvin Ayre (born May 25, 1961 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada) is the Founder of the Bodog Entertainment Group, which he launched in 1994. ...
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. Fox Sports Net headquarters in Los Angeles. ...
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. BodogFight is a reality television series and mixed martial arts competition, originating from Costa Rica, and created and produced by entertainment mogul Calvin Ayre, his Bodog. ...
The Fight Network is a Canadian category 2 digital cable television channel devoted to airing programming related to wrestling, boxing, mixed martial arts, and other combatant styles. ...
ION Media Networks (formerly known as Paxson Communications) is an American television broadcasting company that owns and operates over 60 television stations in most major American markets. ...
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Legal The ABC newsmagazine show Nightline highlighted the website and its legal ambiguities in an episode that originally aired on July 7, 2006.[1] July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ...
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. Neteller PLC is a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market. ...
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] David Anthony Williams (born June 9, 1980 in Arlington, Texas) is a professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player. ...
Josh Arieh (born September 26, 1974 in Rochester, New York) is an American professional poker player. ...
Evelyn Ng in the Ultimate Poker Challenge Evelyn Evybabee Ng (born in 1975 in Toronto) is a Canadian professional poker player. ...
A game of Texas holdem, the most popular form of poker, in progress. ...
The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with satellite events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. ...
Jamie M. Gold (born August 25, 1969)[1] is an American television producer, poker tournament player, and formerly a talent agent, based in Malibu, California. ...
January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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