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Bodog Continues to Frustrate Vendors, Players

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Stories of Bodog refusing to honor contracts with vendors and advertising vehicles continued to surface over recent days with a number of affiliates complaining to Gambling911.com.

Affiliates, while still receiving installment checks from Bodog (BodogLife.com) were complaining that "customer conversions were way down" and that the company was changing its payment terms without notice.

The troubled online gambling firm - once a powerhouse among Gambling911.com sponsors - was taken down from the site last week. It has been unable to process payments to and from gamblers since Forbes reported that bank accounts were seized from the US Government over the last six months.

According to the article on Forbes.com, $24 Million in funds has been seized by the US government over the past six months, funds the feds claim are in bank accounts used to fund operations and make payments to US-based customers of Bodog. Court documents obtained by Forbes cite that the seizures began in January of this year, and had continued through July.

"Processing is an issue industry-wide," a source tells Gambling911.com. "But in the case of Bodog, nobody (the processors) wants to do business with them due to their high profile and the problems they are having with the US Government."

This same source tells Gambling911.com that Bodog is discussing its options, including pulling out of the US market after football season in February of 2009, though it remained unclear if they would keep current US customers - or whatever is left of them.

BodogLife.com has been able to take money in over recent days, which should help some online gambling and poker affiliates in the short term, but payouts are few and far between.

Bodog is one of the few sports books with a successful standalone online poker room though Cake Poker's success has been attributed mostly to its affiliation with online sports betting companies.

Elsewhere, news that the US Government has been monitoring posting forums has led to difficulties in sports betting sites being able to accept Moneygram and Western Union deposits leading into the new football season. This deposit option was cancelled by several websites in recent days.

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Gambling911, Forbes,

Gambling911, Forbes, National Post etc. should actually do an investigative report on real history of Calvin Ayre. Its pretty common knowledge in BC what is the truth, and its closer to the unpublished versions than BS fabricated on the Bodog press releases. Those of of us that still living where he grew up know the *exact* history ....I suggest the press send some reporters there and set up shop and get an unbiased perspective. Its not just a few "ranters" and people with just grudges who will back this story up. There's 100s of people that grew up with Calvin and have been terrified to talk about it for fear of retaliation. Now that Bodog's lost its power, that fears not there anymore. Seriously....the story of the century is out there.How long the public has been fooled. Someone should break it....
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 01:22.

Everyone knows you are a stalker

We all know the story... get a life... get a job... get a prescripton. We are all sick and tired of this broken record player from the past with a chip on his shoulder. All you have to say is BS and that is FACT! It is not even relevant... NORMAL people dont even care! Go find something else to be fanatical about... because that is what you are all about. Ask yourself what good you have done in your life... you should do this before pointing a finger.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 17:23.

Paddy Roberts

Interesting article I just found doing a search on Calvin Ayre Stalker in Google. Is this the guy you are talking about? http://youbeenblinded.com/he-didnt-bet-on-this
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 16:46.

You tell 'em Calvin!

You tell 'em Calvin!
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 18:34.

What are you talking about -

What are you talking about - I have personally never met him in my life. I am talking about the rumours circulating in Vancouver about the people after him for Bicer l. I worked in stockbroking around the same time and have heard there are 100s of VERY pissed people. This is creepy.....is Calvin Ayre reading these forums and accusing anyone who criticizes him of being a stalker ? Weird.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 23:04.

There is no one after Calvin

There is no one after Calvin for Bicer and Calvin did not grow up in Vancouver. What a nut case. Get a life so you can stop fantasying you are Calvin.
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 09:31.

Is that you again Calvin? I

Is that you again Calvin? I heard at Fiver that not only would Calvin reply to forum posts defending himself under the guise of being an anonymous sympathizer, but he also employed dozens of "bloggers" to incessantly write about him to try to recreate his biographical history. A modern day 1984. I can just imagine him on the forums and this site constantly pressing 'Refresh' so he can write some 1 sentence retort to try to instantly discredit anyone who writes about him by accusing them of being a "stalker", "delusional", or "fanatic". Calvin grew up in a small town in the interior of BC but spent his 30s in Vancouver. That is FACT and if anyone wanted to learn more FACTS it wouldn't be too difficult to do. Cue Calvin to jump on here now with some half-brained retort now....
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 11:19.

LOL- its true as everyone at

LOL- its true as everyone at Ri-town, R-life, Fiver etc. suspect.....CA is a sad sagging plastic surgeon victim with his latest lipo incisions leaking - waiting for the opportunity to post some sad sagging reply. Hey CA- why don't you pay our severance fees as we want - you OLD COW! LOL !!
Submitted by Guest on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 03:30.

Problem with the law?

Calvin Ayre never hid that he had some problems with the law, if that is what the previous poster meant. Or is there something no one knows? In any case, Bodog should have banged on Europe LONG ago. Look at sportingbet...888, partygaming. But the USA were a cashcow and the money was flowing in. So many operators carry on thinking they can somehow continue there. It sucks. Leave the US alone and pursue Europe, S. America, Asia and the pacific. I suppose when you have the DOJ as a new close 'best and forced friend', then yeah, which processor will want to work for you?
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 14:29.

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