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Postponed Bodog Conference To Be In 2006 POSTPONED BODOG CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR
But it may not be in the States - Bodog CEO says the company is looking at "a number of international venues"
Calvin Ayre, the CEO of the Bodog online gambling and entertainment group says that the popular Bodog.com Marketing Conference organised by his company will definitely take place before the end of this (2006) year, although it may not be in its traditional Vegas home.
The conference was postponed this year amid the confusion and speculation occasioned by the U.S. Department of Justice's prosecution of BetonSports and its erstwhile CEO David Carruthers, who was transitting the USA when arrested.
Interviewed by Gambling911, Ayre said: "We are receiving a lot of inquiries about when and where our next Bodog.com Marketing Conference will be held. The amount of attention and hype surrounding this conference has magnified in the last year, so we expect the industry event of the year to be bigger and better than ever before. But it will definitely be before the end of this year. As for location, we’re looking at a number of international venues, soon to be announced.
Ayre said the BetonSports issue was unlikely to affect his approach to marketing in America. "In other words, you won’t see a big change in our marketing style," he said.
Ayre also commented that Bodog has not seen the operational market affected in any negative way. "In fact, the opposite has occurred. The best brands out there are the ones that players are attracted to, so the recent events are having a positive effect for all the bigger brands. I will say, however, that if it plays out that the recent actions by certain officials in the U.S. government were designed as part of a wider sweep against online gambling, in all its forms, there will definitely be a noticeable change in the industry landscape. For starters, you will notice an alteration in the way online gambling companies advertise their services," he said.
Bodog's top dog says that if regulation is something that the U.S. is open to exploring, then the United Kingdom’s free-market approach to regulation might be a good starting point. He does not appear hopeful in the short term, however, saying: "....my prediction is that we are light years from seeing this happen."
Postponed Bodog Conference To Be In 2006 POSTPONED BODOG CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR
But it may not be in the States - Bodog CEO says the company is looking at "a number of international venues"
Calvin Ayre, the CEO of the Bodog online gambling and entertainment group says that the popular Bodog.com Marketing Conference organised by his company will definitely take place before the end of this (2006) year, although it may not be in its traditional Vegas home.
The conference was postponed this year amid the confusion and speculation occasioned by the U.S. Department of Justice's prosecution of BetonSports and its erstwhile CEO David Carruthers, who was transitting the USA when arrested.
Interviewed by Gambling911, Ayre said: "We are receiving a lot of inquiries about when and where our next Bodog.com Marketing Conference will be held. The amount of attention and hype surrounding this conference has magnified in the last year, so we expect the industry event of the year to be bigger and better than ever before. But it will definitely be before the end of this year. As for location, we’re looking at a number of international venues, soon to be announced.
Ayre said the BetonSports issue was unlikely to affect his approach to marketing in America. "In other words, you won’t see a big change in our marketing style," he said.
Ayre also commented that Bodog has not seen the operational market affected in any negative way. "In fact, the opposite has occurred. The best brands out there are the ones that players are attracted to, so the recent events are having a positive effect for all the bigger brands. I will say, however, that if it plays out that the recent actions by certain officials in the U.S. government were designed as part of a wider sweep against online gambling, in all its forms, there will definitely be a noticeable change in the industry landscape. For starters, you will notice an alteration in the way online gambling companies advertise their services," he said.
Bodog's top dog says that if regulation is something that the U.S. is open to exploring, then the United Kingdom’s free-market approach to regulation might be a good starting point. He does not appear hopeful in the short term, however, saying: "....my prediction is that we are light years from seeing this happen."
