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The CEO and founder of the Bodog Entertainment Group, Calvin Ayre, is quite vocal in his dismissal of the U.S. government, its court rulings, and any U.S. laws that attempt to stop offshore online casino gambling activities. Bodog is one of only a handful of companies that still operates online gambling activities in North America; most companies have left the United States out of fear of the reach of the U.S. Department of Justice. And though the company has defied the U.S. online casinos ban (the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act), the decision to ignore recent patent litigation with 1st Technologies is essentially another chance for the company to figuratively thumb its nose at the U.S. government.

Bodog is based out of Antigua (the company moved jurisdictions after the UIGEA came into effect) and operates a highly successful online casino poker site that services U.S. players. The recent 1st Technologies patent litigation caused some minor setbacks at the Bodog in terms of establishing a new domain name. A press release for the company comments unfavorably on the U.S. patent litigation. “"Recently, there have been changes at Bodog concerning the company's domain name. Bodog temporarily used 'newbodog.com' after their root domain was hijacked in a frivolous patent dispute. In an effort to move to a more accurately-named home, the company is pleased to announce bodoglife.com."

Earlier this year Ayre was quoted as saying comments that essentially dared the U.S. government to try to stop Bodog from accessing the U.S. online casino poker players. Because the UIGEA still has no supporting regulations and legislation to give it true enforcement power, some countries are quite content to just stay off U.S. soil (and thus out of the reach of the Department of Justice) and still operate online casino poker sites.

And though Bodog’s press statement concerning the domain name change dismissed the validity of recent U.S. patent litigation, Ayre refrained from incensory comments and is quoted with the following, "Hey, the world changes, and if you don't change with it, you get left behind. That said, although the Bodog address is changing the bottom line is: at Bodog, it's business as usual. Same great site, just a new Web address." Nothing specific about the U.S. online casinos industry, just noting the recent changes at Bodog.