1. 02-27-12 08:26 PM #1
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    Bodog.com seized by homeland security

    The writing was on the wall, but at least they were ready for it
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  2. 02-27-12 08:29 PM #2
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    so i am assumiung bovada did as well or is it just bodog?
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  3. 02-27-12 08:30 PM #3
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    nope bovada still works, so i guess this means nothing but their brand name, which they have built up for-ever.
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  4. 02-27-12 08:32 PM #4
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    Fukkin homeland security. Everytime i see this i feel like they are treating gamblers like terrorists.
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  5. 02-27-12 08:33 PM #5
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    bodog knew this was going to happen. they trasnferd all there usa players to bovada.lv maybe a spy in the feds. woudln't put it pass them.

    but this is why every sportsbook is transfering there names. i think 5dimes is the only one with a .com name, they have to be thinking about switching right?
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  6. 02-27-12 08:37 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by neverstoppers23 View Post
    bodog knew this was going to happen. they trasnferd all there usa players to bovada.lv maybe a spy in the feds. woudln't put it pass them.

    but this is why every sportsbook is transfering there names. i think 5dimes is the only one with a .com name, they have to be thinking about switching right?
    Yea, is 5dimes going to do that as well?
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  7. 02-27-12 08:37 PM #7
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    I'm an idiot but what's to stop the US gov from taking Bovada.lv?

    Can they only seize places that are dot coms?
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  8. 02-27-12 08:38 PM #8
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    BetPhoenix has a .com
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  9. 02-27-12 08:39 PM #9
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    5dimes.eu works fine.
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  10. 02-27-12 08:40 PM #10
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    bodog is bovada or vice versa
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  11. 02-27-12 08:43 PM #11
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    Becky must have forgot to pass on to DOJ the office memo that Bodog and Bovada aren't the same company and that Bodog doesn't allow US players to play there anymore...
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  12. 02-27-12 08:43 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by LordVodka View Post
    I'm an idiot but what's to stop the US gov from taking Bovada.lv?

    Can they only seize places that are dot coms?
    Great question...I have seen the answer prior and can't remember what the reason is...hopefully someone will chime in that can remember more than the past few hours since I can't seem to...
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  13. 02-27-12 08:43 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by LordVodka View Post
    I'm an idiot but what's to stop the US gov from taking Bovada.lv?

    Can they only seize places that are dot coms?

    Yeah .com and .net are registered in the U.S. others like .eu are in other countries so the U.S. would need cooperation from another country to seize a domain not registered in the U.S.

    There might be more than .com and .net but .lv .ag .eu are all safe from the censorship of the U.S. federal government
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  14. 02-27-12 08:55 PM #14
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    Ok good. Fukk our government. It's a joke that this is the kinda thing they're wasting money on. A grown man can't even place a bet on a sporting event. This is pathetic.
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  15. 02-27-12 09:12 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by LordVodka View Post
    Ok good. Fukk our government. It's a joke that this is the kinda thing they're wasting money on. A grown man can't even place a bet on a sporting event. This is pathetic.
    no but you can swallow a gallon of scotch and drive your car into a crowd
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  16. 02-27-12 09:15 PM #16
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    The human race is a fukkin travesty
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  17. 02-27-12 09:16 PM #17
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    Took long enough.
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  18. 02-27-12 09:17 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by wtf View Post
    no but you can swallow a gallon of scotch and drive your car into a crowd
    i'm pretty sure this is still illegal
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  19. 02-27-12 09:19 PM #19
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  20. 02-27-12 09:23 PM #20
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    I love the USA priorities. All the problems and they go after a off shore sportsbook. Our Gov. is awesome.
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  21. 02-27-12 09:25 PM #21
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    as others have said, .coms are under usa property rights because they are registered there. any sportsbook would be stupid to have their platforms on a .com server now. and are just asking to be seized.

    so what they have a bodog.com name. bodog i am sure transferd their monies around, they aint dumb.

    just realized, i am playing at a .com book. sbgglobal.com but they are hopefully too small time for the big powerful government.
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  22. 02-27-12 10:07 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by milwaukee mike View Post

    i'm pretty sure this is still illegal
    drunk drivers have killed more people and ruined more lives than gambling ever will

    add to that abuse of alcohol

    yet you can still ply yourself legally with as much booze as you can swallow but place a wager online and the fbi is involved
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  23. 02-27-12 10:10 PM #23
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    We all have Senator John Kyl to blame for all this. He started all this. Old man that had nothing better to work on.

    This all comes down to the USA not getting it's cut in the action. Online gambling is illegal, but it's ok for me to walk

    into a local casino and sit down at a blackjack table and lose thousands? Casinos are popping up all over America now.

    Lotteries have expanded to practically all the states in the USA. This is a country that encourages gambling.

    Walk into a grocery store and you will find scratch-off tickets in vending machines or at customer service ranging from $1 to $20.

    Greed and hypocrisy is all I can say.
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  24. 02-27-12 10:12 PM #24
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    They may be coming after these forums next. I would stop playing if there were no SBR.
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  25. 02-27-12 10:15 PM #25
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  26. 02-27-12 10:17 PM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by neverstoppers23 View Post
    as others have said, .coms are under usa property rights because they are registered there. any sportsbook would be stupid to have their platforms on a .com server now. and are just asking to be seized.
    I was thinking the same thing. I have a money at a few dotcom books including BetIslands which is one of my favorite books. I have 2 questions... are all of these dotcom books really in danger of being seized? #2 If they are in danger of being seized... why do they remain at dotcom?
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    how about seizing some Iranian nuclear weapons instead!
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  28. 02-27-12 10:21 PM #28
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    Quote Originally Posted by milwaukee mike View Post
    i'm pretty sure this is still illegal
    The poster is referring to the Minny case. 20 drinks plus drugs. Stream rolls a group of guys, killing one.
    Please he was stoned and too drunk to know what he was doing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tgoodm1 View Post
    Lotteries have expanded to practically all the states in the USA. This is a country that encourages gambling.
    Worse yet... the Government run Lottery pays out just .50 cents for every dollar it takes in. If a Sporstbook did this... nobody would play there. The worst Casino game or machine of all time is still better than the Lottery.
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  30. 02-27-12 10:26 PM #30
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    They changed to Bovada like what two months ago ... who gives a shit what the government does with bodog.com.
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    When the Mafia used to run the "numbers" games back in the 1920's the government outlawed it. Then they just took it over and called it a lottery. What a joke.

    They will do the same thing with online sports gambling in the United States.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnGalt2341 View Post
    I was thinking the same thing. I have a money at a few dotcom books including BetIslands which is one of my favorite books. I have 2 questions... are all of these dotcom books really in danger of being seized? #2 If they are in danger of being seized... why do they remain at dotcom?
    Not sure why they haven't changed away from .com but if they were seized it's just an address, it's like a telephone number for the internet. They just get a new one. The feds would need to seize more than an address for a sportsbook to go under and steal everyone's loot like Full Tilt.

    When bookmaker got it's address taken they didn't miss a beat. Sites like betislands I wouldn't expect a problem. worst case maybe you have to call in bets for a day while they get the site moved to a new domain. I'm no expert just my opinion, but if the guys running the book are reputable and they aren't arrested and have bank accounts seized the domain being seized does little to hurt business. All it does is scare players which is probably the governments intent.
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  34. 02-28-12 12:10 AM #34
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    So if that domain wasn't even being used anymore, then what was the point of seizing it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by doiupc View Post
    So if that domain wasn't even being used anymore, then what was the point of seizing it?
    It obviously has zero point at all, what is the point is right they don't even use the damn thing anymore.
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