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BODOG no longer operating?
| December 14th, 2011 at 7:44:15 AM permalink | |
| ChrisInCT Member since: Dec 14, 2011 Threads: 1 Posts: 3 | I rcvd an email this AM about the operator for BODOG no longer offering online gambling services. The new operator which has acquired the BODOG accounts is BOVADA. Anyone have any further details about this? I know the Wizard has been a long time endorser of the BODOG operation - in fact, it says so on the right hand side of this screen... ;-) Does the endorsement hold true for the new operator as well? -Chris |
| December 14th, 2011 at 8:13:24 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 309 Posts: 6700 | I think I'm allowed to talk about this now. It was a closely guarded secret for a while. Bodog is splitting off its American customers to Bovada. Everything is in transition today. Account balances for US players will transfer over. Hopefully you'll be able to do everything you want later today. It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| December 14th, 2011 at 8:13:42 AM permalink | |
| kaysirtap Member since: Nov 1, 2011 Threads: 3 Posts: 55 | It seems to work in Europe, but access is blocked for IP addresses from the United States. |
| December 14th, 2011 at 9:08:54 AM permalink | |
| ChrisInCT Member since: Dec 14, 2011 Threads: 1 Posts: 3 |
Okay, great. Do you still stand behind your endorsement of this service? I've come to trust your judgement a great deal. |
| December 14th, 2011 at 9:51:54 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 309 Posts: 6700 |
Thanks for your trust. Yes, I stand behind both of them. It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| December 14th, 2011 at 9:58:15 AM permalink | |
| weaselman Member since: Jul 11, 2010 Threads: 16 Posts: 1913 |
Looks like it's the latter: [Domain] Domain: bovada.lv Status: active Changed: 2008-09-23T13:41:24+03:00 [Holder] Type: Legal person Name: Your Whois Privacy Ltd. Email: hostmaster@safenames.net Fax: +44.1908325192 Phone: +81.335435523, +44.1908200022 Address: PO Box 5085, Milton Keynes, MK6 3ZE, United Kingdom RegNr: 06611092 [Tech] Type: Natural person Email: tec@safenames.net Fax: +44 1908 325192 Phone: +44 1908 200022 [Registrar] Type: Legal person Name: Safenames Ltd Email: billing@safenames.net, sam@safenames.net Fax: +44 1908 325192 Phone: +44.1908200022 Address: Safenames House, Sunrise Parkway, Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LS, United Kingdom RegNr: 3802179 [Nservers] Nserver: dns1.imagestore.lv Nserver: dns2.imagestore.lv Nserver: geodns1.imagestore.lv [Whois] Updated: 2011-12-14T12:12:26.538361+00:00 "When two people always agree one of them is unnecessary" |
| December 14th, 2011 at 11:11:05 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 212 Posts: 7200 |
Very unfortunate choice of name. In Spanish the word "Bobada" (close enough) means something like "idiocy." This space is closed for remodeling |
| December 14th, 2011 at 11:26:22 AM permalink | |
| EvenBob Member since: Jul 18, 2010 Threads: 231 Posts: 6361 |
I was just thinking along similar lines. Bovada? Really? Thats the best they could come up with? It sounds like a product name, like the new Chevy Bovada. I would have used a tough sounding Americanized name like Shanks, or Killa. Killa Casino has a ring to it. One casino owner to another: "It would be so much easier if we could just hit them over the head, steal their money, and throw their bodies in the creek." Al Swearengen, Deadwood |
| December 14th, 2011 at 11:59:32 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 309 Posts: 6700 | The organization is still the same. They already handled the US customers out of Montreal and everybody else somewhere in the UK. As I understand it, this is pretty much just a name change. However, this was all above my pay grade, I just knew they were going to split off the US customers in December, I didn't even know the name of the new casino until today. So take what I say with a grain of salt. It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| December 14th, 2011 at 12:13:58 PM permalink | |
| DJTeddyBear Member since: Nov 2, 2009 Threads: 105 Posts: 5684 | I too think it's a weird name. Then again, I thought Bodog, eBay and Google were weird names too. Does "vada" mean dog in some other language? Personally, I think Bovada is a brand of wristwatch, or vodka. Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown.
But how much does it cost to knock on wood? |
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