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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Peter Holmes à Court on SBS Tonight - South Sydney Rabbitohs - 29th April 2008
Rabbitohs Executive Chairman Peter Holmes à Court will appear in SBS’s ‘Insight’ program, the national current affairs show hosted by Jenny Brockie, tonight (Tuesday) at 7:30pm.
On tonight’s episode Peter and other panelists will be interviewed on problem gambling in Australia. Other participants involved in the discussion are the incoming Senator from SA Nick Xenophon, Jenny Macklin, Ross Ferrar from the Australian Gaming Manufacturers Association, Anthony Ball from Clubs Australia, musician Tim Freedman, problem gamblers and responsible gamblers.
Mr Holmes à Court explains why he and Russell Crowe made moves to scrap poker machines from South Sydney Leagues Club.
“It's about all clubs who are trying to make a change and who are trying to make better facilities for their members with less negative impact on the community. I hope that the Federal Government, the State Government will help clubs make the transition.”
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Rabbitohs Executive Chairman Peter Holmes à Court will appear in SBS’s ‘Insight’ program, the national current affairs show hosted by Jenny Brockie, tonight (Tuesday) at 7:30pm.
On tonight’s episode Peter and other panelists will be interviewed on problem gambling in Australia. Other participants involved in the discussion are the incoming Senator from SA Nick Xenophon, Jenny Macklin, Ross Ferrar from the Australian Gaming Manufacturers Association, Anthony Ball from Clubs Australia, musician Tim Freedman, problem gamblers and responsible gamblers.
Mr Holmes à Court explains why he and Russell Crowe made moves to scrap poker machines from South Sydney Leagues Club.
“It's about all clubs who are trying to make a change and who are trying to make better facilities for their members with less negative impact on the community. I hope that the Federal Government, the State Government will help clubs make the transition.”
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Macao casino move cheers markets, by Tom Mitchell and Robin Kwong - Union Network - 24th April 2008
The Macao government’s decision, announced on Tuesday, to rein back rapid growth in the world’s largest gaming market has been a long time in the making.
Edmund Ho, chief executive of the Chinese special administrative region, said his government would – among other measures – extend a moratorium on the number of licensed casino operators in the territory, halt land allocations for new gaming investments and restrict expansion plans at existing casinos.
Revealed at an otherwise routine question-and-answer session with Macao legislators, Mr Ho’s shot across the bow initially shocked the market, then cheered it. Share prices of US and Hong Kong-listed companies with gaming interests in Macao surged on the news.
“It stops unfettered competition,” said one industry executive, who is nonetheless anxious to see the fine print from Mr Ho. “People can’t just come in and set up casinos. It will drive profitability per table up.”
The growth of Macao’s casino industry has surged in recent months, especially noticeable in a city with a population of just 500,000. In the first quarter of this year gaming revenues increased more than 60 per cent year on year to $3.72bn – more than the Las Vegas Strip and Atlantic City combined.
Measures announced by Edmund Ho
● Total number of licences and sub-concessions to be frozen at six “for the foreseeable future”
● No more land allocations for new casino development, although “we will continue to work with those who have begun construction or negotiations”
● Increases in the number of gaming tables and slot machines at existing casinos to be “tightly restricted” pending government review of casino industry policy.
● Junket commissions to be “regulated in accordance with law”
● Possible introduction of government licensing requirement for “all high-ranking casino executives”
● Ban on casino company involvement in other sectors, especially “public services” such as transport
“We have to ensure our continued economic growth – but also resolve the new problems that have arisen as a result of [it],” Mr Ho said.
“This move reflects the Macao government’s concerns – and probably also Beijing’s – about the side-effects of the gambling boom,” says Au Kam-san, a pro-democracy legislator who has long been critical of Mr Ho’s administration. “The gaming industry’s explosive growth has already exceeded the capacity of Macao’s limited resources.”
The Macao government’s angst can be traced back to early last year when Jorge Oliveira, an influential policy official at the territory’s gaming commission, e-mailed senior casino executives the March cover article from Macau Business, an English-language monthly magazine. The article’s headline was unambiguous: “The Game’s Up: Revenue sharing threatens the system; Gov moves to block new players”.
At that time Macao had just eclipsed the Las Vegas Strip as the world’s largest gambling market, vindicating the government’s decision five years earlier to terminate tycoon Stanley Ho’s monopoly in the industry. Five players were ushered in including Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands, which has opened the world’s two largest casinos in the territory, Steve Wynn’s Wynn Resorts and MGM Mirage, which formed a joint venture with Mr Ho’s daughter, Pansy.
But all was not well in Macao. The government was worried about “revenue sharing” or “franchise” agreements, under which outside parties piggy-backed off the licences of established players. Mr Ho’s gaming flagship, Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, had pioneered these arrangements, running casinos for partners who bore most of the properties’ investment risk.
Although typically involving businessmen and companies little-known outside Hong Kong and Macao, bigger fish were beginning to surface as well. In January of last year, Sir Richard Branson told the FT the Virgin Group intended to open a $3bn Macao gaming resort in co-operation with a licensed casino operator. Sir Richard’s public enthusiasm was the final straw for Macao government regulators. “That was probably not the best way to do business in China,” says one person familiar with Virgin’s approach. For its part, Virgin says it is still exploring opportunities in the territory.
The Macao government’s skittishness was aggravated by anti-government protests on May 1 last year – the largest since the former Portuguese colony reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1999 – as people complained the boom had left them behind. In his remarks on Tuesday, Edmund Ho said the government would pay every Macao resident 5,000 patacas ($625) from its overflowing fiscal surplus – a sop that could damp turn-out at next week’s May Day march.
Further illustrating the stress the casino industry is putting on Macao’s social and physical infrastructure, the Venetian Macao – the world’s largest casino – opened in August with 15,000 employees, 5 per cent of the territory’s workforce. When William Weidner, Las Vegas Sands president, spoke of his new property as “the casino that ate Macao”, his joke struck some as being too close to the bone.
In this context, Edmund Ho’s announcement was perhaps inevitable. But as one senior casino executive says: “The government must get the new regulations out quickly so the industry knows what they are talking about. So far it’s only been a lot of froth.”
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The Macao government’s decision, announced on Tuesday, to rein back rapid growth in the world’s largest gaming market has been a long time in the making.
Edmund Ho, chief executive of the Chinese special administrative region, said his government would – among other measures – extend a moratorium on the number of licensed casino operators in the territory, halt land allocations for new gaming investments and restrict expansion plans at existing casinos.
Revealed at an otherwise routine question-and-answer session with Macao legislators, Mr Ho’s shot across the bow initially shocked the market, then cheered it. Share prices of US and Hong Kong-listed companies with gaming interests in Macao surged on the news.
“It stops unfettered competition,” said one industry executive, who is nonetheless anxious to see the fine print from Mr Ho. “People can’t just come in and set up casinos. It will drive profitability per table up.”
The growth of Macao’s casino industry has surged in recent months, especially noticeable in a city with a population of just 500,000. In the first quarter of this year gaming revenues increased more than 60 per cent year on year to $3.72bn – more than the Las Vegas Strip and Atlantic City combined.
Measures announced by Edmund Ho
● Total number of licences and sub-concessions to be frozen at six “for the foreseeable future”
● No more land allocations for new casino development, although “we will continue to work with those who have begun construction or negotiations”
● Increases in the number of gaming tables and slot machines at existing casinos to be “tightly restricted” pending government review of casino industry policy.
● Junket commissions to be “regulated in accordance with law”
● Possible introduction of government licensing requirement for “all high-ranking casino executives”
● Ban on casino company involvement in other sectors, especially “public services” such as transport
“We have to ensure our continued economic growth – but also resolve the new problems that have arisen as a result of [it],” Mr Ho said.
“This move reflects the Macao government’s concerns – and probably also Beijing’s – about the side-effects of the gambling boom,” says Au Kam-san, a pro-democracy legislator who has long been critical of Mr Ho’s administration. “The gaming industry’s explosive growth has already exceeded the capacity of Macao’s limited resources.”
The Macao government’s angst can be traced back to early last year when Jorge Oliveira, an influential policy official at the territory’s gaming commission, e-mailed senior casino executives the March cover article from Macau Business, an English-language monthly magazine. The article’s headline was unambiguous: “The Game’s Up: Revenue sharing threatens the system; Gov moves to block new players”.
At that time Macao had just eclipsed the Las Vegas Strip as the world’s largest gambling market, vindicating the government’s decision five years earlier to terminate tycoon Stanley Ho’s monopoly in the industry. Five players were ushered in including Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands, which has opened the world’s two largest casinos in the territory, Steve Wynn’s Wynn Resorts and MGM Mirage, which formed a joint venture with Mr Ho’s daughter, Pansy.
But all was not well in Macao. The government was worried about “revenue sharing” or “franchise” agreements, under which outside parties piggy-backed off the licences of established players. Mr Ho’s gaming flagship, Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, had pioneered these arrangements, running casinos for partners who bore most of the properties’ investment risk.
Although typically involving businessmen and companies little-known outside Hong Kong and Macao, bigger fish were beginning to surface as well. In January of last year, Sir Richard Branson told the FT the Virgin Group intended to open a $3bn Macao gaming resort in co-operation with a licensed casino operator. Sir Richard’s public enthusiasm was the final straw for Macao government regulators. “That was probably not the best way to do business in China,” says one person familiar with Virgin’s approach. For its part, Virgin says it is still exploring opportunities in the territory.
The Macao government’s skittishness was aggravated by anti-government protests on May 1 last year – the largest since the former Portuguese colony reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1999 – as people complained the boom had left them behind. In his remarks on Tuesday, Edmund Ho said the government would pay every Macao resident 5,000 patacas ($625) from its overflowing fiscal surplus – a sop that could damp turn-out at next week’s May Day march.
Further illustrating the stress the casino industry is putting on Macao’s social and physical infrastructure, the Venetian Macao – the world’s largest casino – opened in August with 15,000 employees, 5 per cent of the territory’s workforce. When William Weidner, Las Vegas Sands president, spoke of his new property as “the casino that ate Macao”, his joke struck some as being too close to the bone.
In this context, Edmund Ho’s announcement was perhaps inevitable. But as one senior casino executive says: “The government must get the new regulations out quickly so the industry knows what they are talking about. So far it’s only been a lot of froth.”
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Is online gambling empire Bodog losing top dog?, by David Baines, Vancouver Sun - 22nd April 2008
Maverick Canadian businessman and part-time Vancouver resident Calvin Ayre says he has quit Bodog, the online gambling empire that brought him fame, fortune and heat.
"It's true, I'm packing it in," Ayre announced Monday on Bodog's website.
"I'm totally surprised. It's the last thing I would have expected," said Chris Costigan, publisher of Gambling911.com, which closely follows the online gambling industry, in an interview from Miami Beach, Fla.
"I don't know how somebody could go from being the centre of attention to a recluse," Costigan said. "Whether he can keep that up, I somehow doubt it."
Ayre, now 47, became involved in the online gambling industry in the late 1990s, and introduced Bodog in 2000.
He promoted Bodog as a lifestyle, along the lines of Richard Branson's Virgin and Hugh Hefner's Playboy. He also diversified into music, mixed martial arts and film, which attracted more attention to the website.
By 2006, the company was generating more than $7 billion US in wagers, making it the seventh-largest online gambling company in the world.
That same year, Forbes magazine featured Ayre on the cover of its March issue as one of the world's 794 billionaires. People magazine named him one of its 40 hottest bachelors.
Ayre lived in a multi-million-dollar compound in Costa Rica (he has since moved to Antigua) and maintained a $6.2-million penthouse in Yaletown.
He also ran two related business in Metro Vancouver. One was Riptown Media, which employed close to 250 people in advertising and marketing support in downtown Vancouver. The other was Triple Crown Customer Service, which employed an estimated 200 people in customer account services in Burnaby.
By all appearances, Ayre was living a charmed life. Then his past came back to haunt him.
Reporters revealed he had been implicated in a marijuana-trafficking ring in 1987. He was not charged, but his father and brother in law received lengthy jail terms.
Reporters also revealed he was involved in a shady Vancouver company called Bicer Medical Systems. In 1996, he admitted to serious stock offences and agreed to a 20-year suspension from the B.C. securities market.
Meanwhile, U.S. Department of Justice officials stepped up their war on online gambling. They made it clear they had Ayre in their crosshairs. Fearing arrest, he stayed clear of U.S. soil.
His announced departure may indicate he has tired of the cat-and-mouse game with U.S. authorities. On the other hand, it may signal a renewal of that same game.
As well as announcing his departure, Ayre announced he had transferred ownership of Bodog last year to the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group, which runs hundreds of gaming websites from the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal.
"I was really more of a brand ambassador for Bodog the past while anyway -- but it was fun while it lasted," he said on the Bodog website.
This was news indeed. Last September, Ayre announced he had licensed Bodog's North American operations to the Morris Mohawk Group, but there was no indication he had transferred ownership.
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Maverick Canadian businessman and part-time Vancouver resident Calvin Ayre says he has quit Bodog, the online gambling empire that brought him fame, fortune and heat.
"It's true, I'm packing it in," Ayre announced Monday on Bodog's website.
"I'm totally surprised. It's the last thing I would have expected," said Chris Costigan, publisher of Gambling911.com, which closely follows the online gambling industry, in an interview from Miami Beach, Fla.
"I don't know how somebody could go from being the centre of attention to a recluse," Costigan said. "Whether he can keep that up, I somehow doubt it."
Ayre, now 47, became involved in the online gambling industry in the late 1990s, and introduced Bodog in 2000.
He promoted Bodog as a lifestyle, along the lines of Richard Branson's Virgin and Hugh Hefner's Playboy. He also diversified into music, mixed martial arts and film, which attracted more attention to the website.
By 2006, the company was generating more than $7 billion US in wagers, making it the seventh-largest online gambling company in the world.
That same year, Forbes magazine featured Ayre on the cover of its March issue as one of the world's 794 billionaires. People magazine named him one of its 40 hottest bachelors.
Ayre lived in a multi-million-dollar compound in Costa Rica (he has since moved to Antigua) and maintained a $6.2-million penthouse in Yaletown.
He also ran two related business in Metro Vancouver. One was Riptown Media, which employed close to 250 people in advertising and marketing support in downtown Vancouver. The other was Triple Crown Customer Service, which employed an estimated 200 people in customer account services in Burnaby.
By all appearances, Ayre was living a charmed life. Then his past came back to haunt him.
Reporters revealed he had been implicated in a marijuana-trafficking ring in 1987. He was not charged, but his father and brother in law received lengthy jail terms.
Reporters also revealed he was involved in a shady Vancouver company called Bicer Medical Systems. In 1996, he admitted to serious stock offences and agreed to a 20-year suspension from the B.C. securities market.
Meanwhile, U.S. Department of Justice officials stepped up their war on online gambling. They made it clear they had Ayre in their crosshairs. Fearing arrest, he stayed clear of U.S. soil.
His announced departure may indicate he has tired of the cat-and-mouse game with U.S. authorities. On the other hand, it may signal a renewal of that same game.
As well as announcing his departure, Ayre announced he had transferred ownership of Bodog last year to the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group, which runs hundreds of gaming websites from the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal.
"I was really more of a brand ambassador for Bodog the past while anyway -- but it was fun while it lasted," he said on the Bodog website.
This was news indeed. Last September, Ayre announced he had licensed Bodog's North American operations to the Morris Mohawk Group, but there was no indication he had transferred ownership.
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Rudd needs to play cards right on Pay TV gambling, by Bernard Keane - Crikey - 22nd April 2008
The Opposition will today challenge Kevin Rudd to walk the walk on gambling by banning Pay TV gambling services.
This morning, interactive media company Two Way announced the launch of its Sky Racing ACTIVE service, developed with Tabcorp and Foxtel. The service is available in NSW and Victoria and provides racing-related information for those who like to bet on watching short men flog large animals round paddocks. In Victoria, however, punters will also be able to bet on races via their Pay TV service.
The NSW Government refused to approve gambling via Pay TV, but the Victorian Government ticked off on the service in February, allowing Tabcorp account holders to wager from their sofas.
While online and telephone betting on the nags and dogs is currently permitted, the Pay TV gambling initiative (presumably, to use interactive media parlance, "lean back gambling" rather than the lean forward variety offered by the internet) outraged anti-gambling advocates like Tim Costello and Nick Xenophon, who criticised it as turning the lounge room into a gambling den. The Victorian Opposition quipped that it allowed punters to lose their homes without leaving it.
Kevin Rudd, of course, is at one with the professional handwringers over gambling. It’s barely a month since he ordered - guess what - a review of problem gambling, to be led by Jenny Macklin. It came at the same time as he pressured Victoria into committing to the long-term removal of ATMs from gambling venues.
Brendan Nelson and low-profile shadow Communications Minister Bruce Billson will challenge Rudd to use the Commonwealth’s control over broadcasting regulation to ban the Two Way service. Minister for Zeroes and Ones, Stephen Conroy, is also in charge of broadcasting regulation, and a ban would pit him squarely against not merely Victorian Right factional colleague John Brumby but Two Way backer Sam Chisholm and James Packer, who controls 25% of Foxtel.
Nelson has lobbied Rudd on gambling on several occasions, including publicly requesting another Productivity Commission inquiry, specifically into poker machines. Crikey understands Nelson has also raised gambling privately with Rudd. Undoubtedly both men are serious on the issue, although with Steve Fielding and Nick Xenophon occupying key positions in the Senate after June, you’d suspect there’s more than a small element of political calculation in Rudd’s positioning.
With both the Coalition and Fielding on side, an amendment to the Broadcasting Services Act to deprive punters of this semi-new way pay the tax on innumeracy that is gambling would be simple to pass. The question is whether Rudd is happy to send Conroy full-tilt into his mates in the Victorian Government, and upset some powerful media types as well. Otherwise, the anti-gambling crowd will have reason to wonder whether the Prime Minister is indeed much talk but little substance.
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The Opposition will today challenge Kevin Rudd to walk the walk on gambling by banning Pay TV gambling services.
This morning, interactive media company Two Way announced the launch of its Sky Racing ACTIVE service, developed with Tabcorp and Foxtel. The service is available in NSW and Victoria and provides racing-related information for those who like to bet on watching short men flog large animals round paddocks. In Victoria, however, punters will also be able to bet on races via their Pay TV service.
The NSW Government refused to approve gambling via Pay TV, but the Victorian Government ticked off on the service in February, allowing Tabcorp account holders to wager from their sofas.
While online and telephone betting on the nags and dogs is currently permitted, the Pay TV gambling initiative (presumably, to use interactive media parlance, "lean back gambling" rather than the lean forward variety offered by the internet) outraged anti-gambling advocates like Tim Costello and Nick Xenophon, who criticised it as turning the lounge room into a gambling den. The Victorian Opposition quipped that it allowed punters to lose their homes without leaving it.
Kevin Rudd, of course, is at one with the professional handwringers over gambling. It’s barely a month since he ordered - guess what - a review of problem gambling, to be led by Jenny Macklin. It came at the same time as he pressured Victoria into committing to the long-term removal of ATMs from gambling venues.
Brendan Nelson and low-profile shadow Communications Minister Bruce Billson will challenge Rudd to use the Commonwealth’s control over broadcasting regulation to ban the Two Way service. Minister for Zeroes and Ones, Stephen Conroy, is also in charge of broadcasting regulation, and a ban would pit him squarely against not merely Victorian Right factional colleague John Brumby but Two Way backer Sam Chisholm and James Packer, who controls 25% of Foxtel.
Nelson has lobbied Rudd on gambling on several occasions, including publicly requesting another Productivity Commission inquiry, specifically into poker machines. Crikey understands Nelson has also raised gambling privately with Rudd. Undoubtedly both men are serious on the issue, although with Steve Fielding and Nick Xenophon occupying key positions in the Senate after June, you’d suspect there’s more than a small element of political calculation in Rudd’s positioning.
With both the Coalition and Fielding on side, an amendment to the Broadcasting Services Act to deprive punters of this semi-new way pay the tax on innumeracy that is gambling would be simple to pass. The question is whether Rudd is happy to send Conroy full-tilt into his mates in the Victorian Government, and upset some powerful media types as well. Otherwise, the anti-gambling crowd will have reason to wonder whether the Prime Minister is indeed much talk but little substance.
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Packer's Melco casino's new boss, by Glenda Korporaal - The Australian - 26th April 2008
James Packer's US-listed Macau casino company, Melco PBL Entertainment, has appointed Mirvac chairman James Mackenzie to its board.
The company announced the appointment yesterday following the resignation of director David Elmsie, who has become chief operating officer of the international business of Mr Packer's Crown Limited.
Mr Mackenzie, who is based in Melbourne, will chair the audit committee.
Melco PBL, which listed on US over-the-counter market, Nasdaq, in December 2006, owns the Crown Macau casino in Macau, where it is also building the $2.3 billion City of Dreams and has plans for a third hotel/casino development.
Crown Limited has a 37.9 per cent stake in Melco PBL, along with the Hong Kong-based Melco, which is run by Lawrence Ho, son of Macau casino veteran Stanley Ho.
Mr Mackenzie is a former chairman of the Victorian Workcover Authority, managing director of funds management and insurance with ANZ, chief executive of Norwich Union Australia and chairman of Victoria's Transport Accident Commission.
The former partner of accounting firm Deloitte also spent 10 years working in Asia and Britain, and on assignment in mainland Europe and the US.
Melco PBL shares have had a rocky time since listing in the US over a year ago at $US19 a share, following the downturn in world share markets and investors' uncertainty over higher risk and speculative investments. The company's shares fell to a low of $US8.20 before rising to their current price of $US13.85 ($14.87) after a share-buying exercise last year.
It received a boost this week with news from Macau that the government had no immediate plans to offer any more casino licences in the territory, bolstering the position of the six existing licence holders.
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James Packer's US-listed Macau casino company, Melco PBL Entertainment, has appointed Mirvac chairman James Mackenzie to its board.
The company announced the appointment yesterday following the resignation of director David Elmsie, who has become chief operating officer of the international business of Mr Packer's Crown Limited.
Mr Mackenzie, who is based in Melbourne, will chair the audit committee.
Melco PBL, which listed on US over-the-counter market, Nasdaq, in December 2006, owns the Crown Macau casino in Macau, where it is also building the $2.3 billion City of Dreams and has plans for a third hotel/casino development.
Crown Limited has a 37.9 per cent stake in Melco PBL, along with the Hong Kong-based Melco, which is run by Lawrence Ho, son of Macau casino veteran Stanley Ho.
Mr Mackenzie is a former chairman of the Victorian Workcover Authority, managing director of funds management and insurance with ANZ, chief executive of Norwich Union Australia and chairman of Victoria's Transport Accident Commission.
The former partner of accounting firm Deloitte also spent 10 years working in Asia and Britain, and on assignment in mainland Europe and the US.
Melco PBL shares have had a rocky time since listing in the US over a year ago at $US19 a share, following the downturn in world share markets and investors' uncertainty over higher risk and speculative investments. The company's shares fell to a low of $US8.20 before rising to their current price of $US13.85 ($14.87) after a share-buying exercise last year.
It received a boost this week with news from Macau that the government had no immediate plans to offer any more casino licences in the territory, bolstering the position of the six existing licence holders.
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Calvin Ayre Announces Retirement from Bodog - Press Release - 21st April 2008
Calvin Ayre, the internationally noted billionaire playboy founder of Bodog, will be retiring from his largely ceremonial role as the face of Bodog.
Additionally he will no longer be involved in Bodog operationally. In mid-2007 he successfully transferred ownership of the Bodog brand in North America to the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group. Internationally Bodog has put in place a very competent and significantly European executive team that is already managing Bodog Europe and Africa and plans to further expand to Latin America.
Ayre will be taking some time to himself in his home in Antigua and will continue to support charitable opportunities through the Calvin Ayre Foundation.
Ayre noted, “While it has been great fun to live my life in front of the world’s cameras and online though my blog, I am looking forward to a more private and meaningful period of giving back and working to support the Calvin Ayre Foundation.”
About Morris Mohawk Gaming Group
The Morris Mohawk Gaming Group (www.morrismohawk.com) is located in the territory of Kahnawake just outside Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission to offer gaming services from Kahnawake to users worldwide. Morris Mohawk Gaming Group is led by Olympic Gold medalist, Order of Canada recipient and First Nations' leader Alwyn Morris. For more information, contact Media Relations at pr@morrismohawk.com.
About Bodog
Bodog has its head office, and is licensed in, the Caribbean nation of Antigua. Bodog (www.bodoglife.com) offers online gaming, which includes Poker, Casino and a host of other gaming products. Bodog does not offer ‘for money’ gaming services within North America. For more information, contact Media Relations at pr@bodoglife.com.
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Calvin Ayre, the internationally noted billionaire playboy founder of Bodog, will be retiring from his largely ceremonial role as the face of Bodog.
Additionally he will no longer be involved in Bodog operationally. In mid-2007 he successfully transferred ownership of the Bodog brand in North America to the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group. Internationally Bodog has put in place a very competent and significantly European executive team that is already managing Bodog Europe and Africa and plans to further expand to Latin America.
Ayre will be taking some time to himself in his home in Antigua and will continue to support charitable opportunities through the Calvin Ayre Foundation.
Ayre noted, “While it has been great fun to live my life in front of the world’s cameras and online though my blog, I am looking forward to a more private and meaningful period of giving back and working to support the Calvin Ayre Foundation.”
About Morris Mohawk Gaming Group
The Morris Mohawk Gaming Group (www.morrismohawk.com) is located in the territory of Kahnawake just outside Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission to offer gaming services from Kahnawake to users worldwide. Morris Mohawk Gaming Group is led by Olympic Gold medalist, Order of Canada recipient and First Nations' leader Alwyn Morris. For more information, contact Media Relations at pr@morrismohawk.com.
About Bodog
Bodog has its head office, and is licensed in, the Caribbean nation of Antigua. Bodog (www.bodoglife.com) offers online gaming, which includes Poker, Casino and a host of other gaming products. Bodog does not offer ‘for money’ gaming services within North America. For more information, contact Media Relations at pr@bodoglife.com.
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