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17.02.2026 Accounts · balances · open bets — all moved overnight
Brand file · Canada · updated 17 September 2026

Bodog Canada Explained: What Happened to the Brand in 2026

Renamed Ozoon on 17 February 2026 — same login, same balance, offshore licence. The full answer is one scroll below.

19+ in most provinces, 18+ in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec · the successor is offshore-licensed (Tobique, Curaçao), not by a Canadian province

The short answer

Bodog no longer operates as a gambling brand. On 17 February 2026, after an overnight maintenance window, Bodog Canada was renamed Ozoon and every player on bodog.eu was moved to ozoon.eu — accounts, full balances, open bets, transaction history and loyalty points transferred automatically, and the old login credentials still work. Separately, players on bodog.com were migrated to Ignition Poker. The successor site keeps all four Bodog verticals — sportsbook, casino, live casino and poker — and runs a casino welcome offer of up to C$3,500 (CAD) plus 400 free spins on Gods of Luxor, with Interac and six cryptocurrencies in the cashier. Its footer names the Tobique Gaming Commission and the Curaçao Gaming Authority; no Canadian provincial regulator is listed. On 13 August 2026 Calvin Ayre announced he had licensed the Bodog name to a content company building a media platform at Bodog.com — sport, technology, travel, wellness and gaming — so the name is coming back, but not as a casino.

Key facts

Bodog in eight lines

Brand launched
2000bodog.com, business set up 1996
Founder
Calvin Ayreborn 25 May 1961, Canada / Antigua
Peak year
2005US$7.3bn turnover · US$210m revenue
US exit
2006Bovada from 14 December 2011
Canadian site rebranded
17 Feb 2026bodog.eu → ozoon.eu
Verticals kept
4 / 4sportsbook · casino · live · poker
Casino offer
C$3,500+ 400 free spins on Gods of Luxor
Cashier
Interacplus Visa, Mastercard and six cryptocurrencies
01 · The night of 16–17 February

What happened to Bodog in 2026

The switch, in plain words

Bodog Canada was renamed on 17 February 2026. Users of bodog.eu were told in advance, the site went into an overnight technical window on the night of 16–17 February 2026, and when it came back up the address served Ozoon at www.ozoon.eu. The brand owner's own wording was that the Bodog name would no longer be used for online gambling — a decision about the name, not a closure of the business.

Nothing on the player side needed doing: accounts, balances, open bets, history, loyalty points and open bonuses moved automatically, and the old username and password open the new site. What changed is the address and support: service@ozoon-mail.com, plus a Discord server.

The move was not a single route: bodog.com players — the South American base — went to Ignition Poker, a different company with a different account and balance. The Canadian transfer, step by step, is on the rebrand page.

BodogPlayer notice · 16 Feb 2026

New name.
Same game.

  • Account and login — unchanged
  • Full balance — moved
  • Open bets — settled on the new site
  • Transaction history — kept
  • Loyalty points and open bonuses — carried over
  • Support — service@ozoon-mail.com and Discord
bodog.euozoon.euCanada
bodog.comIgnition PokerSouth America
02 · Timeline

Thirty years of Bodog, in dates

No nostalgia, only what can be checked: a Costa Rica start-up in 1996, a US$7.3-billion year, a sale, a seizure, a settlement — and a rename.

  1. 1996 Business set up

    Calvin Ayre starts the gambling operation from a base in Costa Rica.

  2. 2000 Bodog.com launches

    The domain that carries the brand for the next quarter-century goes live.

  3. 2005 The peak

    Turnover of US$7.3 billion on US$210 million of revenue; in 2006 Ayre makes the cover of the Forbes billionaires issue.

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    bodog.com, 2006 (archive screenshot)
    bodog.com, 2006 (archive screenshot)
  4. 2006 Out of the US

    After UIGEA, the US-facing business is sold to Morris Mohawk Gaming Group of Kahnawake, Quebec; Ayre keeps the brand rights.

  5. 14 Dec 2011 MMGG leaves the name

    The group stops trading as Bodog and moves its customers to a new site, Bovada.

  6. Feb 2012 Domain seized

    The US Attorney for Maryland indicts Ayre and three others; bodog.com is taken.

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    bodog.com under the seizure notice, 2012 (archive)
    bodog.com under the seizure notice, 2012 (archive)
  7. Jul 2017 Charges dropped

    A plea to one misdemeanour: a year of probation, a US$500,000 fine, and the domain returned to its owners.

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    bodog.eu, 2015 (archive)
    bodog.eu, 2015 (archive)
  8. 17 Feb 2026 Bodog Canada becomes Ozoon

    bodog.eu moves to ozoon.eu after an overnight window; bodog.com players go to Ignition Poker.

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    bodog.eu, 6 November 2025 — the last version (archive)
    bodog.eu, 6 November 2025 — the last version (archive)
  9. 13 Aug 2026 The name is licensed to media

    Ayre announces a content company will relaunch Bodog.com as a media platform, not a casino.

Two details matter today. The 2006 sale to Morris Mohawk Gaming Group covered the US-facing business only — Calvin Ayre kept the name, which is why it could be licensed again in 2026. And the 2012 indictment ended in July 2017 with a plea to one misdemeanour, a year of probation and a US$500,000 fine; bodog.com was handed back.

03 · August 2026

The name is coming back — as media, not a casino

What was announced

On 13 August 2026 Calvin Ayre wrote on his X account that he had licensed the Bodog brand to a content company. The company, he said, had spent three months building a media platform around five subjects — sport, technology, travel, wellness and gaming — for a relaunch at Bodog.com.

What that means in practice is simple. You cannot open a gambling account at Bodog.com, and there is no sign-up form to look for. On 25 August 2026 the domain answered with an HTTP 403 behind Cloudflare and showed no public site at all. Anything that appears there later is publishing, not betting, and the casino product under the old name is not returning.

One warning follows: a site offering to "register at Bodog" today sells something Bodog does not. The product moved to Ozoon; a page still promising a Bodog account is out of date or not what it claims.

CA
Calvin Ayreon X · 13 August 2026

The Bodog name has been licensed to a content company. Three months of building went into a media platform for Bodog.com covering sport, technology, travel, wellness and gaming.

Paraphrased from the announcement · not a casino relaunch
bodog.com · 25 August 2026
$ curl -I https://bodog.com/
HTTP/2 403 Forbidden
server: cloudflare
# no public site behind the wall
04 · Bodog login

Where your old account lives now

05 · Where the players are

What the successor site offers

One screen of product, in the successor's own colours. Four verticals, twelve named studios, a jackpot pool with three Hot Drop tiers — and the eight covers below are real lobby tiles, not artwork.

Twelve named studios
Pragmatic PlayHacksaw GamingPG SoftRivalBetsoftBGamingBooongoQoraReevoKa GamingNektanRedGenn

Rival is the historical core of the old Bodog catalogue; Pragmatic Play, Hacksaw Gaming and PG Soft carry the current hits. Betsoft, BGaming, Booongo, Qora, Reevo, Ka Gaming, Nektan and RedGenn fill the rest of the lobby. Category by category, the catalogue is on the casino page.

Hot Drop Jackpots30+ progressives tracked in real time
hourlyown timer and threshold
dailyown timer and threshold
epicown timer and threshold

Documented maximum payout above C$5,000,000. A countdown makes a jackpot feel close; it does not make a payout likely.

Gods of Luxor — lobby cover
Gods of Luxorwelcome-offer spins
Magic Apple — lobby cover
Magic Appleclassic reels
A Night With Cleo — lobby cover
A Night With Cleolobby staple
777 Deluxe Hot Drop Jackpots — lobby cover
777 Deluxe Hot Drop Jackpotshourly · daily · epic
Le Fisherman — lobby cover
Le Fishermanfishing bonus
Aztec Fire 2 — lobby cover
Aztec Fire 2hold and win
Jurassic Kingdom — lobby cover
Jurassic Kingdomdinosaur reels
Candy Bonanza — lobby cover
Candy Bonanzacluster pays
Open the successor site Compare the bonuses Casino up to C$3,500 + 400 free spins on Gods of Luxor; crypto route 150% up to C$7,000 + 400 free spins. Rollover applies — terms open in the More Info link on each promotion.
06 · Cashier

Deposits, withdrawals and Interac

Cards & Interac
VisaMastercardInterac
Casino ceilingC$3,500
Sports ceilingC$400
Six cryptocurrencies
BitcoinBitcoin CashBSVEthereumUSD TetherLitecoin
Casino ceilingC$7,000
Sports ceilingC$600
Bar length = bonus ceiling relative to the crypto route. Rollover not disclosed on the public promo page.
Why Interac is the point

The successor's cashier lists Visa, Mastercard and Interac for card and bank routes, and six cryptocurrencies — Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, Ethereum, USD Tether and Litecoin. Of all of that, Interac is the line worth reading twice. It is Canada's domestic payment rail, the one people already use for rent and e-transfers, and its presence at an offshore-licensed site is the single genuinely local element of the product.

Crypto is the other line that changes something. A crypto deposit lifts the casino ceiling from C$3,500 to C$7,000 and the sports ceiling from C$400 to C$600 — the only reason the offer differs by channel. The rollover multiplier is not printed on the public promotions page; it lives behind each promotion's More Info link, and we do not quote a number we cannot see.

On withdrawals: identity verification comes before the first payout, so do it early. Mechanics are on the rebrand page.

07 · Checked 25 August 2026

Bodog88, Bodog68 and other lookalikes

bodog68.com
bodog68.com on 25 August 2026: GoDaddy domain-for-sale page (screenshot)
For sale · GoDaddy Domain-sale lander, no operator behind it.
bodog88.com
bodog88.com on 25 August 2026: Safenames holding page (screenshot)
Holding page · Safenames “No website configured for this address yet”.
bodog.bet
bodog.bet on 25 August 2026: Safenames holding page (screenshot)
Holding page · Safenames Same registrar text, no site.

Searches for "bodog88" and "bodog68" come from people who remember an Asian or a Brazilian Bodog and expect to find it. On 25 August 2026 none of the three addresses ran a casino: bodog68.com served a GoDaddy domain-for-sale page, while bodog88.com and bodog.bet both showed the Safenames registrar's holding page with the line "there is no website configured for this address yet". These are defensive registrations and listings, not clone operators.

The Brazilian line is often told wrong: bodog.bet did not "move" anywhere. It never received a licence from Brazil's regulator and does not operate; where those players went is on the poker page.

08 · Three questions in one phrase

Is Bodog legit? An honest answer

"Is Bodog legit" hides three different questions. They have three different answers, and each one has a document behind it.

Was the brand licensed?Yes

The Canadian site bodog.eu ran on Antigua and Barbuda FSRC licences — Interactive Gaming Licence 2392 and Interactive Wagering Licence 2393 — issued to II Nido Limited, company number 14821. Footer as archived on 6 November 2025.

Is it running now?No

Not as a gambling brand. Since 17 February 2026 the Canadian product trades as Ozoon and the South American players sit at Ignition Poker. The name itself is licensed for media only.

Is the successor licensed?Yes, offshore

Operator Rocketship Ventures S.R.L, licence no. 0000067, overseen by the Tobique Gaming Commission. New Brunswick players are served by Caravan Media B.V. (Curaçao company 146989) under Curaçao Gaming Authority licence OGL/2024/674/0714.

ozoon.eu · footer
Footer of ozoon.eu naming the Tobique Gaming Commission and the Curaçao Gaming Authority (screenshot)
The successor's footer, 25 August 2026: Tobique and Curaçao, nothing provincial.
What is not in that footer

No AGCO, no iGaming Ontario, no provincial body. Ontario has run its own regulated market since 2022; the successor is not in it. The licences above are real and checkable, but there is no Canadian regulator to complain to — worth knowing before the first deposit. Age rules follow the province: 19+ in most provinces, 18+ in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec.

FAQ

Questions people still ask about Bodog

What happened to Bodog?

Bodog stopped operating as a gambling brand on 17 February 2026. After an overnight maintenance window on 16–17 February, the Canadian site bodog.eu was renamed Ozoon and moved to ozoon.eu. Players on bodog.com were sent to Ignition Poker instead. The brand owner said the Bodog name would no longer be used for online gambling.

Is bodog.eu still working?

No. The address no longer serves a Bodog casino; it belongs to the Ozoon rebrand. Accounts, full balances, open bets, transaction history and loyalty points were transferred automatically to ozoon.eu, and the same username and password still work there.

Can I still log in with my old Bodog account?

Yes, on the successor site. Existing bodog.eu credentials work on ozoon.eu without re-registering. Support moved to service@ozoon-mail.com and a Discord server. If your account was on bodog.com, your route is Ignition Poker, not Ozoon.

Who founded Bodog?

Calvin Ayre, a Canadian-Antiguan entrepreneur born in 1961. He set the gambling business up in 1996 from Costa Rica and launched Bodog.com in 2000. By 2005 the company reported US$7.3 billion in turnover on US$210 million of revenue.

Why did Bodog leave the United States?

After the 2006 UIGEA, Ayre sold the US-facing business to Morris Mohawk Gaming Group of Kahnawake, Quebec, keeping the brand rights. MMGG dropped the Bodog name on 14 December 2011 and moved its customers to Bovada.

Is Bodog coming back?

The name is, but not as a casino. On 13 August 2026 Calvin Ayre announced he had licensed Bodog to a content company that spent three months building a media platform covering sport, technology, travel, wellness and gaming, for relaunch at Bodog.com. As of late August 2026 that domain returned an HTTP 403 and showed no public site.

Are Bodog88 and Bodog68 real Bodog sites?

No. Checked on 25 August 2026, bodog68.com serves a GoDaddy domain-for-sale lander, while bodog88.com and bodog.bet show a Safenames holding page reading “no website configured for this address yet”. None of them is an operating casino.

Verdict

Nowhere left to find Bodog — and one place to find its product

Searching for Bodog as a casino now leads to a name that no longer takes bets. The product survived almost intact at ozoon.eu: four verticals, the same studios, the Hot Drop mechanics and a cashier with Interac as its one genuinely local feature. The licences are offshore, the rollover is not printed on the promo page, and no province oversees the site.

Fits if you
  • had a bodog.eu account and want it back as it was
  • want Interac in and out at an offshore book
  • care about the catalogue more than the licence
Does not fit if you
  • want a provincially regulated site with AGCO recourse
  • need the rollover number before you decide
  • were on bodog.com — your route is Ignition, not Ozoon
See the successor site Read the bonus terms first 19+ / 18+ by province · offshore licence · ConnexOntario, 1-866-531-2600
19+

19+ in most provinces, 18+ in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. The successor site holds offshore licences (Tobique Gaming Commission, Curaçao Gaming Authority), which means no Canadian provincial oversight and no provincial complaints route. If gambling stops being entertainment, ConnexOntario, 1-866-531-2600 is free and confidential. Only ever stake money you can afford to lose.

Editorial team, bodog.radio.fm · facts checked 25 August 2026 · page updated 17 September 2026 · about the team · responsible gambling