Bodog website down, domain name issues

Legal dispute over the ownership of the domain name bodog.com is the reason for the gambling website going offline.

Bodog website down, domain name issues Many Bodog players and bettors woke up to an error when trying to access the website bodog.com or any other related brand. Later today a redirect was set up to a new domain name "newbodog.com", which is still in a process of completion.

Click here for the new Bodog website

A statement on the new Bodog website read:

Welcome to the new (temporary) Bodog. As you may know by now, Bodog.com is experiencing a technical issue impacting our players' ability to access our website.

This is the result of a legal dispute over the ownership of the Bodog.com domain name. We are fighting this dispute. We are confident that we will win, but until all is settled, I do not want our battle to interrupt your play.

So, I present you with newbodog.com. You won't notice very many changes: same website, same brand, same product, and same service. Just a new domain name.

We are working to resolve any remaining issues on the temporary site as soon as possible, and fully expect to have our original site back up shortly.

I sincerely apologize if you were affected by our interruption and assure you that I will update you soon.

The statement was signed by the Bodog owner and online gambling mogul Calvin Ayre. We will publish an update on this story when it becomes available.

Published on 08/28/2007