Info about the bookmaker
Bodog is a well-known online gaming and betting company founded in 1994 by Calvin Ayre, and now headquartered in Antigua. The founder of Bodog was one of the first pioneers of online betting. Today he is s a successful billionaire. Bodog.co.uk does not accept bets from the US, but Bodog.com accepts US players from all states.
Outside of the US (Bodog.co.uk, Bodog.ca), Bodog is regulated by the Caribbean nation of Antigua. Bodog assures that the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport have designated and recognized Antigua and Barbuda as a trusted, highly-regulated “white listed” jurisdiction. In the US (Bodog.com), Bodog is operated by the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group located in Canada. Morris Mohawk Gaming Group's operations are regulated and licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. In Asia (Bodog88.com), Bodog is under the license granted by Haydock Entertainment.
The Bodog brand is primarily associated with entertainment services, such as online gaming, with an international record label (former Bodog Music), with a publishing enterprise (an online magazine Bodog Nation, and Bodog Beat blog with a mix of sports, poker, racing, casino and pop culture), with an international television production company (Bodog TV and its reality television series such as Bodog Fight and Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker).
The European-facing Bodog.co.uk’s online betting and gaming offer encompasses: sports betting (the usual range of sports including soccer, boxing, formula 1, Gaelic games, snooker, speedway, rugby, darts, bikes, MMA, winter sports), casino (over 80 web-based and downloadable games), poker (with various online poker tournaments such as Bodog Poker Open, Asian Poker Tour), and nice live betting. Interestingly, some professional poker players such as David Williams, Justin Bonomo, Jean-Robert Bellande are members of Team Bodog which means that they play on a regular basis in the Bodog poker room.
Bodog company also runs free sports contest website Bodog.net. The website offers free of charge sports fantasy contests, mainly American football (NFL) and ice hockey (NHL), and in addition to that free poker. This play for fun website is available to the residents of Canada and the United States only.
In 2009, as a result of a three-year sponsorship deal, Bodog became the exclusive official betting and gaming partner of the Fulham Football Club from the English Premier League.
In September 2010, Bodog.net signed a sponsorship deal with a Canadian professional ice hockey team, Edmonton Oilers.
In October 2010, Bodog.net inked an advertising agreement with the Los Angeles Galaxy franchise of North America’s Major League Soccer (MLS) professional football league.
Residents of Canada cannot create accounts at Bodog.
