Is Bodog safe to play on?

[db1]

I played there a few years ago and thought it was fine, but ive been reading allot of stuff online about them. Does anyone here use them?

[stowjon]

never played there tbh
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[Jools]

If you have to ask the question then why would you want to?

[db1]

[Jools]

lol sorry db1, what I meant was why would you choose to play on Bodog at all?

[db1]

[stowjon]

if you just playing recreationally then stick to stars if you can cope with a few lobby problems sign up to genting through the MOB and earn while you play!
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[Nem]

Definitely not trust worthy.

[Hullcity]

From what I recall it has never been easy to take your money back off the site which would put me off anyway - I only play on a site if they send it straight back to my card with no fuss. In the current climate it would wiser to stick with a well known brand name UK bookmaker or pokerstars

[ryanpb]

[bergeroo]

I have enjoyed playing on Bodog in the past, done well there and had no problems with cashouts.

After Black Friday they were faster and more efficient with cashouts for me then other American sites such as Cake, Carbon + Absolute and Full Tilt!

However, no it is not safe to play there. Any site that is taking American players is a target for the US government. It has been clear that the DOJ is after Bodog.

When there are so many sites we can choose to play on, it makes no sense to choose a site that is in the crosshairs of the American Dept. of Justice.

[JAKE900]

Bodog has some nice promotions, stable software and apparently some lose tables.

BUT

lets put it this way, if you do want to play there, then i would advise not to have any money on there, withdraw each night and only deposit for each table buy in.

any site that still takes US business is definitely operating in a grey (at best) area. it seems Bodog and a few others are operating in the US as long as they can until they get that phone call from the DOJ / FBI informing them that 'they're next'. they have already seized the bodog.com domain and so that should be seen as a first step to the eventual shutting down / stopping US business.

as seen with FTP and UB (and one or two others like dynamite and R'n'F) your money is not safe in US facing sites so if you do want to play there, make sure your risk is minimal at all times

[oneshotbob]

Why is anyone processing the transactions for Bodog? Won't they go to prison?
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