For Immediate Release

Sept. 3, 2009

It has been a monumental year for the Bodog brand and its licensees, and Bodog Europe is excited to officially announce yet another key milestone in the brand’s history: the launch of the Bodog experience to the Canadian market. Perhaps fittingly, Bodog Europe’s launch of www.Bodog.ca coincides with the 15-year anniversary of the Bodog brand, for the first time giving Canadian players the ability to cash in on some hot new promotions just in time for the remainder of the CFL season and the beginning of the NFL and NHL seasons.

Bodog Europe is lead by industry veteran and Managing Director Keith McDonnell, and is regulated and licensed by the Antigua & Barbuda Financial Services Regulatory Commission, Directorate of Offshore Gaming. McDonnell noted, “We’re extremely excited to be able to bring the unique Bodog experience to Canadian players. Canadians are passionate sports fans and are extremely savvy consumers. The Bodog brand is known world-over for its unmatched customer service and here at Bodog Europe we put the player’s experience and entertainment ahead of all else – I’m confident that we’re going to quickly earn Canadians’ loyalty and trust.”

Bodog.ca offers Canadian players safe, secure and simple access to world-class sports betting, a thriving and dynamic poker community, and a full Vegas-style casino with more than 80 web-based and downloadable games. Bodog Europe offers its players a simple, feature-rich sports betting product, offering a vast selection of sports betting opportunities across all major leagues and featuring live betting and an 80+ track Racebook. The Bodog.ca Sportsbook also has a particular focus on Canada’s most popular sports: NHL Hockey and CFL Football.

Bodog Europe – the upstart Bodog brand licensee already taking the UK by storm with its European-facing site www.Bodog.co.uk – had originally secured the rights to the world-famous “Bodog” brand for use in Europe only. However, when Bodog Europe Managing Director Keith McDonnell learned of BodogBrand.com’s willingness to entertain proposals to license the brand for use within Canada, he was quick to act, and secured the exclusive Canadian license.

“The Bodog brand is celebrating its fifteenth year anniversary this year – an absolutely remarkable pedigree and testament to its enduring values in an industry that quickly kills off mediocrity. The brand has gone through quite an evolution during that long history, and Bodog Europe is looking forward to carrying the torch forward for at least another fifteen years of world-class customer service, unbeatable promotions, and, above all – fun.”

To learn more about Bodog Europe’s Canadian site, visit http://www.bodog.ca.

About Bodog

The Bodog licensing enterprise (www.bodog.com) is a branded venture capital and licensing organization with its head office in the Caribbean nation of Antigua. BodogBrand.com holds the global rights to license the Bodog brand across all sectors, and its mandate is to partner with and/or license the brand to carefully-selected licensees to accelerate partner growth while simultaneously extending the Bodog brand into new and adjacent markets. BodogBrand.com currently licenses the Bodog brand to a variety of brand licensees for an array of products and services worldwide, including online gaming, music, and other entertainment properties. For more information, visit www.bodog.com.

About Bodog Europe

Bodog Europe (www.bodog.co.uk and www.bodog.ca) is the exclusive licensee of the “Bodog” brand for online gaming services within Europe and Canada, offeringworld-class sports betting, a thriving and dynamic poker community, and a full Las Vegas-style casino with more than 80 web-based and downloadable games. Bodog Europe does not offer gaming services within the United States of America and is regulated and overseen by the Antiguaand Barbuda Financial Services Regulatory Commission, Directorate of Offshore Gaming, which was designated and recognized by the UK’sDepartment of Culture, Media and Sport as a trusted, highly-regulated, “white listed” jurisdiction effective Nov. 3, 2008.For more information, visit www.bodog.ca.

The main reason that I needed to add cash back into my account was that I made a withdrawal from my Bodog account by check. Made that withdrawal about a month ago and I think I had the check in about ten days. Not bad at all.

You may have seen an earlier post about how I also deposited into Bodog using a prepaid Visa card that I purchased at a local drugstore chain. If you don’t have a credit or debit card, a prepaid Visa or MasterCard is an excellent option as well.

Good Luck at the Bodog Tables!

I picked up a $50 Visa card at the local supermarket. There was only a $3.95 activation fee for the card. Considering I pay a higher fee with eWalletXpress that was not bad at all. I logged into my Bodog account, went to the cashier, clicked on ‘Credit Card’ along the left hand side of deposit options then just entered the Visa card number, CVV number and the amount of the deposit which was $50. About 30 seconds later I had confirmation that my account was credited with $50.

It was very easy! If you are looking for an easy way to fund your Bodog account just pick up a gift card at any local supermarket or other store (such as CVS, Walgreens…). You can even get them at Target and Walmart so they are easy to find.

If you don’t have a Bodog account yet, then be sure to visit Bodog and sign up. When you make a deposit you will get a 10 % bonus immediately and then can earn and additional 100% bonus on top of this over the next 30 days. The bonus at Bodog is one of the easiest to get. Visit Bodog now.

Bodog’s Instant Play software is perfect for players who don’t want to download software or players who may not be at their own computer with the full Bodog Poker download.

The Bodog Poker Instant Play software allows you to play at one cash game table. Multi-tabling and playing in tournaments can only be played at the full download casino.

Bodog’s Instant Play software is Mac compatible, allows you to enjoy the same great games at Bodog Poker right in your Browser.

• Play on your friend’s computer
• Play at Work
• Play Instant Play whenever you’re at a computer with download restrictions

I think most readers are wondering if the Instant Play software is any good. Well, I’ve played on it three times so far, for about two hours and a half total. I thought it was pretty good. While I prefer the full download overall, I think it’s a nice alternative for the player who may not always have access to his or her computer. It should also get a lot of interest from players who want to play on a Mac.

I recommend exisiting Bodog Players check it out. If you’re not playing at Bodog yet, sign up and give it a try.

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One of Bodog’s regular poker players – Sili22 – just won over $23,000 playing in Bodog’s $100,000 guaranteed poker tournament.

Sili22 beat out 629 other players for the top prize.

Meanwhile second prize also paid out handsomely at $13,600. Other big prizes in bodog’s guaranteed $100K included $9100 for third place, $7,000 for fouth place, $5,700 for fifth.

There were also several other prizes that paid out in the thousands.

Bodog’s guaranteed $100K is widely considered one of the best online poker tournaments. Bodog is also one of our highest rated sites and we definitely recommend that you check them out. Who knows, maybe we’ll be writing about you one day.

Click here to check out Bodog Poker.

October 9, 2008 (InfoPowa News) — The acrimonious patents dispute between 1st Technology LLC and the online gambling group Bodog has entered a new phase following the failure of a Bodog appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit this week.
 
The matter has its roots in a patents infringement claim launched in June 2007 in a Nevada court by 1st Technology, which Bodog failed to attend amid arguments regarding the proper service of process. In the case, 1st Tech obtained a default judgement for $46,597,849 and the confiscation of Bodog domains, which forced a rebranding exercise. A subsequent case in Washington State likewise did not go well for the online gambling group.
 
Bodog apparently appealed the hefty default judgment in an effort to overturn the District Court of Nevada judge’s ruling, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has now supported the lower court’s ruling.
 
The amount due to 1st Technology from Bodog now exceeds $50 million, says 1st Tech CEO Dr. Scott Lewis.
 
“We cannot be more pleased,” Lewis says of the failure of the appeal. “Bodog has consistently tried to circumvent the United States justice system, and disregarded the legitimacy of our claims against it. We now have the certainty we need to accelerate our seizure of any and all global assets to satisfy the judgment, and bring fairness and respect back to Bodog’s commercial dealings.”
 
Flachsbart & Greenspoon LLC, a Chicago law firm, won the appeal for 1st Technology in Appeal No. 2008-1132.
 
The failure of Bodog’s appeal follows a victory for 1st Tech in the District of Western Washington last week, where a court granted significant parts of a preliminary injunction to halt any transactions or transfers of Bodog’s trademarks.
 
The co-pending lawsuit in Washington seeks (among other claims) to undo conveyances among defendants Bodog Entertainment Group S.A., Bodog IP Holdings Ltd., and GK World Link Telecom S.A. Both Flachsbart & Greenspoon and Venkat Balasubramani represent 1st Technology in Case No. 08-CV-872 in the Western District of Washington.