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help! is it true bovada is shutting down?

stevebodnarstevebodnar Senior Member
edited December 2013 in Sports Betting
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  • TotallyTiltTotallyTilt Senior Member
    edited December 2013
    Where'd you hear that? Just checked 2+2 quickly and didn't see anything about it.
  • stevebodnarstevebodnar Senior Member
    edited December 2013
    I follow @ongamblersside on twitter. goats if illegal to put their twitter on here please delete just kind of freaking out
  • stevebodnarstevebodnar Senior Member
    edited December 2013
    i have some serious cash in there
  • TotallyTiltTotallyTilt Senior Member
    edited December 2013
    The tweet was based on this which was posted in a forum:

    "A few have emailed and tweeted me and this is all i can say. Police showed up at the doors looking for the owner (Calvin) and he was not there. They ended up taking computers and other things for evidence. Apparently owner is wanted and was doing business under different name and may have been in Philippines illegally.

    I do know for a fact on February 22 2012 the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland served Calvin Ayre an arrest warrant on charges of illegal gambling and money laundering.

    Basically Calvin is MIA and will remain that way. This basically spells the end of Bovada/Bodog."

    I think it's pretty much old news that Calvin Ayre is wanted and was distancing himself from the US market. I think it's quite a stretch to say they're shutting down and absconding with player funds. That said, I wouldn't be keeping any life changing money there, as I wouldn't with any other offshore book/poker site.
  • BigJoeyBigJoey Senior Member
    edited December 2013
    Read on another site someone post bodog Asia bust. Bovada accounts may want to pull out..... whatever that all means fwiw
  • stevebodnarstevebodnar Senior Member
    edited December 2013
    customer service lines not working
  • TotallyTiltTotallyTilt Senior Member
    edited December 2013
    I'd keep checking 2+2 if you're really concerned. Should be in the "internet" forum. There's already a dedicated Bovada thread there but I didn't see anything in it regarding this (at least that was new). GL
  • underwrapsunderwraps Senior Member
    edited December 2013
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  • GoatsGoats Head Moderator
    edited December 2013
    TotallyTilt wrote: »
    I'd keep checking 2+2 if you're really concerned. Should be in the "internet" forum. There's already a dedicated Bovada thread there but I didn't see anything in it regarding this (at least that was new). GL

    Another forum to check: http://forum.sbrforum.com/sportsbooks-industry/

    Fwiw, I also don't see anything beyond what's already been posted & the paranoia is so high over there that when a site goes down for more than 5 minutes they assume the sky is falling.
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