by Mario Alfonsi | Published on Dec 15, 2011 | Updated on Dec 15, 2011Many people in the US have feared that Bodog will follow through on its promise to evacuate the US poker market by the end of the year. And unfortunately that fear is becoming a reality, but it is not nearly as bad as most people had anticipated. Bodog will leave the US market, but players will not be left in the cold because of the opening of Bovada, another online poker room. Bovada looks strikingly similar to Bodog and rightfully so as they are licensed under the same group, Morris Mohawk Gaming. Any current Bodog player can find that both their account and funds have been safely transferred to the new site and are able to play without problems.Bodog issued a public statement that went like this:“Following the Bodog Brand’s decision to withdraw the brand from the U.S. market as announced earlier this year, as o today (Dec. 14, 2011) the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group (MMGG) will no longer operate under the Bodog name.Whilst MMGG’s brand licensing agreement does not formally expire until Dec. 31, as of today, U.S. residents will no longer be able to access bodog.eu or any other Bodog branded website.We understand MMGG will now operate under its new brand, Bovada, at the following website: www.bovada.lv, such domain being given to MMGG pursuant to its rights on expiry of the licensing agreement.The Bodog brand is confident MMGG’s customer account information and funds will continue to remain safe and secure, as it has done since MMGG entered its original agreement with Bodog Brand in 2006 and we would like to wish MMGG the greatest success in its new venture.”
