Bodog ordered to stop operating in Manitoba
A judge in the Canadian province of Manitoba has issued a ruling that requires the offshore gambling platform Bodog to cease offering gambling products to residents of the province.
Court of King’s Bench Judge Jeffrey Harris ruled in favor of the Canadian Gaming Coalition.
Provincial gaming organizations in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Quebec and Manitoba, under the co-ordination of the Canadian Lottery Coalition, filed an injunction request against Bodog, through the Manitoba gambling regulator, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries.
They had argued that Bodog allowed people from Manitoba to place bets on sports events and casino games, through the Bodug.eu site, and that it also promoted itself as a licensed and legitimate service, despite that it has no license to operate in the province.
They also claimed that the company used the free-play site Bodog.net to advertise its other platform.
The ruling requires Bodog to cease operating in a way that is accessible to residents of Manitoba. It also orders two Antigua and Barbuda-based companies, Sanctum IP Holdings Ltd., and Il Nido Ltd,. to use geoblocking technology to ensure no one in the province can access the sites.
In a statement issued after the ruling, the coalition said that it hoped it would create a precedent that all jurisdictions in Canada could use to combat illegal offshore gambling sites.
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