Following the Bodog Brand’s decision to withdraw the brand from the US market as announced earlier this year, as of today (December 14th, 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 31 December, as from today, US 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 the Bodog Brand in 2006 and we would like to wish MMGG the greatest success in its new venture.

For Bodog media enquiries please email pr@bodogbrand.com.

Jonas Ödman, Vice President of Bodog Network, has written an article on calvinayre.com explaining the ideas behind the new poker software.

This morning Bodog Network released a new version of our poker software. There are a number of improvements but the main new feature is Anonymous Tables. Players will no longer be represented by screen names at the tables. Instead they will be represented by temporary numbers. This change applies to cash games, sit’n'go’s and multi-table tournaments.

There are other features as well: a Black Jack game within the poker client, lowered heads-up rake. The full press release is here.

Jonas Ödman, Vice President of Bodog Network, has written another article for the online gaming news site calvinayre.com. This time he comments on Pokerstars’ new time tournaments, why they are fish friendly, and that they are perfectly in line with Bodog’s Recreational Poker Model.

There is an interview with Patrik Selin, CEO of Bodog Network & Bodog Europe, in the October issue of InsidePoker Business. Patrik Selin shares his view on the industry and talks about the new Bodog Network poker software.

Jonas Ödman, Vice President of Bodog Network, has published an article on calvinayre.com about the ongoing “rakeback war” between Party Poker and iPoker.

Today, Bodog88 became the third operator on Bodog Network, sharing the player liquidity with Bodog.eu and Bodog Europe (which also operate Bodog.ca).

Patrik Selin, CEO of the Bodog Network & Bodog Europe, is going to be on a CEO panel at the EGR Live in London on 3-4 May. Selin is also confirmed as a speaker at the EiG in Milan on 20-22 September, and the Women in Gaming conference in London on 24 September.

Jonas Ödman, Vice President of Bodog Network, is confirmed as a panelist in the Poker Seminar Stream at the EGR Live in London on 2-3 May 2011.

Jonas Ödman, Vice President of Bodog Network, has written an article about balkanization of the online poker industry on the gaming industry news site calvinayre.com.