Bodog freezes out British customers

A partner brand of Bodog recently said in a statement that the website will also be removing a number of features, including the sportsbook, racebook and poker rooms.

It appears it is only players from the UK and Europe who will suffer these changes from Bodog, as the companys licensees, Bovada have stated that the United States and Canadian versions of the site will be unaffected, and will continue to accept new players. Following the purchase of Bodog Asia, their Bodog88.com website has also been left untouched.

UK customers have been left feeling confused, as the BodogEU website recently shut down and redirected their online traffic to Bodog.co.uk. The freeze on this website has resulted in many UK players feeling dissatisfied with Bodogs treatment of them. In addition to this, Bodog removed their services from 20 European countries earlier this year; including some Eastern European areas, parts of the Middle East and Belgium.

BodogUK stated that upon the sites relaunch there would be no poker features available. They instead wanted to focus more on traditional casino games, such as baccarat, and live dealer games. If players are not satisfied with this service anymore than Bodog informs them that they can cash out and leave with their funds.

For those wanting to stay with the Bodog brand, then they can attempt to create a new account with the Asian facing website, Bodog88.com. However, the appearance and features of the website are designed to attract the Asian audience. The organisation is set to pour most of their focus on the Asian market, much to the negligence of their UK customers.

Robert Gustafsson, the Managing Director, stated that at least 100,000,000 Chinese are estimated to be living outside China and, including Thai, Malay and Vietnamese citizens, there is more than just a niche market but one that has been ignored by other operators despite being the largest consumer group of casino games worldwide. He added that Bodog.co.uk can offer a totally different product to a totally different audience and, while it still offers sports betting, the all important casino customer will be its main source of revenue.