Seen that? - Calvin Ayre on cover of Forbes

Filed in archive Best of on December 27, 2009

Calvin Ayre on cover of Forbes at Internet Poker

According to card player magazine, Calvin Ayre, the founder and CEO of Bodog.com, is on the cover of the new Forbes magazine featuring the world's richest people. Forbes lists the richest 794 people in the world. This is the first time that a member of the gaming community has graced the cover of Forbes. [...] Read More


Bodoglife.com Gives Birth at Internet Poker

Bodog.com www.bodog.com - history Newbodog.com www.newbodog.com - gone faster then a Nathan's hot dog sitting in front of Joey Chestnut Bodoglife.com www.bodoglife.com - its umbilical cord got cut Thursday Calvin Ayre sent an email to me and only me yesterday (ok, maybe it went out to a few other players and media) to assure the readers of this blog were kept in the light about the new digs for this gambOOOOling site. [...] Read More


NewBodog.com is the old Bodog.com at Internet Poker

Bodog is the NewBodog which is the same as the old Bodog but with more letters. Billionaire Calvin Ayre has been sending out emails for the past days, personally of course, to inform those who play poker, ponies, or pull tabs on their site that a domain name struggle has started. Apparently someone has stepped in and claimed the "Bodog.com" domain to be theirs and demanded the cease and desist [...] Read More


Gambling Mogol Calvin Ayre busted by the cops at The Gambling Weblog

More on Calvin Ayre... It seems that getting your picture on the cover of Forbes magazine may have a down side. Especially if you earn your billions through a gambling website. Calvin Ayre's Costa Rican home was busted "as if it were al capone's lair" just hours ago. What Ayre called a 'celebrity poker tournament' the police called 'unlicensed gambling'. Actually, it looks like it was a celebrity poker tournament, which Ayre [...] Read More


Bodog.com Founder Makes Forbes Billionaire List at The Gambling Weblog

He used to sell fruit on the prairies in Canada and now he's the cover star of the latest Forbes Billionaire isse. He also runs a multi-billion dollar company from Costa Rica that is basically illegal in the US, taking bets on everything from college basketball to the tabloid with the first photo of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's baby. 44-yr old Calvin Ayre started bodog.com 10 years ago with just [...] Read More