If I was a millionaire…

I would pay the $49 million Bodog has been order to pay 1st Technology LLC, a company that has gained control over Bodog.com’s domain due to an patent lawsuit.

1st Technology owns a patent on a process of taking wagers online. They claim that Bodog has infringed on this patent, and after Bodog failed to answer the allegations a State of Nevada court has granted that the company’s domains to be removed from all name servers associated with Bodog and founder Calvin Ayre, rendering them useless.

Players may have been slightly frustrated, but a solution has been presented, and that is a new domain where players can use their accounts and place bets as usual at www.newbodog.com.

There will surely be more to come on this developing issue.