The CV

Born Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. May 1961

Education University of Western Ontario, BS General Sciences, 1984; City University of Seattle, MBA 1988

Career 1988-91 Bicer Medical Systems and estate agent, Vancouver; 1991-94 Built and ran HQ Vancouver; 1994 Began work that led to Bodog

Family Named one of "world's hottest bachelors" by People magazine

Hobbies Wakeboarding, hockey, rugby, piloting planes, scuba diving

Billionaire bookie who went from farmboy to playboy
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Perma-tanned internet gaming boss inspired by Paris Hilton and her genius for self-promotion
Simon Bowers
Fri 8 Feb 2008
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/feb/08/gambling.usa https://archive.is/NFUnY

The World's Richest People https://images.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/Rank_1.html

Son of grain and pig farmers grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan, Canada; placed first bets playing blackjack with hockey teammates (see story). Sold fruit on side of the road, organized party trips to Cuba during college. University of Western Ontario M.B.A. ran into trouble 1991: civilly charged with insider trading, eventually settled for $10,000 and banishment from Vancouver Stock Exchange until 2016. Set up online gambling Web site Bodog.com in 2000. Based in Costa Rica, sales up 150% to $210 million last year. Profit margins exceed 25%. The problem: Taking bets from Americans is illegal, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The solution: wire money to London, process bets in Costa Rica, develop marketing and technology in Canada, advertise in the U.S. "We run a business that cannot actually be described as gambling in each country we operate in. But when you add it all together, it's Internet gambling." Now trying to become a star, using good looks and America's unquenchable thirst for celebrities to make Bodog more noticeable than competitors PartyGaming and Sportingbet. Bodog now owns TV unit, music label; producing a poker show with Fox Sports Net to be broadcast in April.


Lists > Billionaires > Calvin Ayre
#746 Calvin Ayre
February 13, 2006.
https://images.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/GCUD.html
https://archive.is/RLwGT

Catch Me If You Can
Matthew Miller
Mar 11, 2006,
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/0327/112.html

Early bet on Internet gambling paid off for former farm boy Calvin Ayre
Author of the article:Stephen Ripley • Regina Leader-Post
Published Apr 12, 2017
https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/early-bet-on-internet-gambling-paid-off-for-former-farm-boy-calvin-ayre

Gambling Site Bodog Shut Amid Ongoing Crackdown
By Alexandra Berzon And Will Connors
Updated February 29, 2012
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204653604577251390258529070

As the result of a long-running investigation that dates back to at least 2006, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland unsealed on February 27 a two-count indictment against Bodog Entertainment Group and four Canadian individuals for allegedly (1) conducting an online sports betting business in violation of the Illegal Gambling Business Act and (2) engaging in a money laundering conspiracy since 2005. According to the indictment, the defendants moved money from accounts in Switzerland, England, Malta, and Canada to accounts in the United States in order to pay advertising firms. The indictment also alleges that the defendants paid $42 million to an unidentified “media reseller” in the United States between 2005 and 2008 in order to promote Bodog.

Don’t bet on “Linsanity”: US seizes online gambling domain over sports wagers
The US government has targeted another major online gaming site and seized its …
JONATHAN GOTTFRIED - 3/1/2012
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/03/dont-bet-on-linsanity-us-seizes-online-gambling-domain-over-sports-wagers/

Magnate de las apuestas y dos lores británicos se unen para una millonaria criptodemanda
El CEO de Bodog, Calvin Ayre (C), posa durante la jornada de prensa de la Bodog.com Lingerie Bowl el 30 de enero de 2006 en Los Ángeles, California. (Foto de Nancy Ostertag/Getty Images)(Photographer: Nancy Ostertag/Get/Nancy Ostertag)
Por Will Louch y Lucca de Paoli
05 de febrero, 2023

https://www.bloomberglinea.com/2023/02/05/magnate-de-las-apuestas-y-dos-lores-britanicos-se-unen-para-una-millonaria-criptodemanda/

"El año pasado, la empresa privada Bodog manejó 7.300 millones de dólares en apuestas en línea, el triple del volumen de 2004. Ayre dice que todas estas apuestas le dieron ventas de 210 millones de dólares, y que llevó el 26% de los ingresos al resultado final. ¿Cuánto vale su negocio? Dos empresas similares que cotizan en bolsa (en Europa) obtienen beneficios muy superiores a 18 veces. Con ese múltiplo, Bodog, junto con otros activos, le da a Ayre un patrimonio neto de al menos mil millones de dólares".

Atrápame si puedes. entrevista a Calvin Ayre publicada por Forbes el 11-3- 2006
https://es.ramonquesada.com/espanol-es/atrapame-si-puedes-entrevista-a-calvin-ayre-publicada-por-forbes-el-11-3-2026/

BOOOOMMMMM!!!! https://x.com/CalvinAyre/status/1755637356890063136?s=20

Norbert ⚡️ (Twitter)

Reflections on Day 4 of COPA v Wright, the identity issue.

The blame game shifted from Citrix MetaFrame to Ira Kleiman and Atlassian today.

We learnt that Calvin is supposedly *not* funding this case, he only provided a loan (that money is gone, Calvin).

We saw complete 180s from Wright – earlier cases are no longer about him being Satoshi, and a ton of the real bombshell evidence was always forged. I learn a lot of legalese in these proceedings, and let me tell you that what is going on here is called MURDER. COPA keeps forcing Wright into absurd excuses that no thinking person could possibly accept, least of all the judge.

Today's Mellor Moment for me was when he asked Wright why the screenshot from Speedtest would have Craig's name on it if it wasn't his.

Right, short summary today. But Calvin's summary is even shorter.

Norbert ⚡️ (Twitter)

Is Calvin scaling back BSV Association? Since yesterday, these people have been removed from the team listing (last names abbreviated):

* Brett B (Head of Community)
* Andrey L (Portfolio and Management Lead)
* Connor M (Head of Protocol Stability)
* Cyrille A (General Manager)
* Evan F (Education Lead)
* Frank D (Provisioning Lead)
* Laurence L (Operation and Finance Lead)
* Lise L (Head APAC Hub)
* Martin C (Growth Lead)
* Shawn R (Private Outreach Lead)
* Thomas G (Utilization Lead)