Bovada Casino and Sportsbook for New York?

One of the most unfortunate US States for online gambling is New York. Most most websites like Bovada have deemed the State too risky to operate within. The reason behind so many sportsbooks and casinos staying out of the borders and within the majority of the US is that the NY Department of Justice and primarily Maryland has many indictments out for the owners of the website.

For seekers of Bovada who get the “Sorry, your state is not accepted” error, I recommend www.Betonline.ag as a similar style operation. Both are very good platforms although I believe Bovada has a much better poker room.

For example, a couple years back Bodog.com was taken out of control of Calvin Ayre, founder and owner, and into the hands of the Federal Government. The seizure of property caused Bodog to lose their brand name because they could no longer have access to seized property. Thus forcing them to operate under a new name, a new licensed out company – Morris Mohaw – and this time using an extension that the Government had no jurisdiction over, Latvia or .lv. Thus, we now have Bovada.lv.

In either case because New York is so hard up about offshore gambling sites operating within their State’s land, gambling sites like Bovada have abandoned the State all together.

The closest competitor to offer a similar platform and reputation. Well I wouldn’t fully give them the reputation of Bovada – but Betonline (www.Betonline.ag) does a pretty good job at servicing the United States including New York. The sportsbook and poker room have become really popular because most sportsbooks and poker rooms don’t accept US customers from NY. Most casino operators have so many websites and domain names that they can switch quite easily but a sportsbook and especially poker room rely heavily on outside variables for traction.

We have been told Bovada does not plan on returning to the State of New York in the near future. They are however considering it and you happen to deposit prior to the shutdown of Bodog.com consider yourself lucky because they never cut off existing customers from the State, just new registrants.