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Calvin Ayre: James Philip

Bodog Dept: The website's domain name was seized Monday and the indictments, which were returned Feb. 22, were unveiled Tuesday in Baltimore, prosecutors said, according to CBC. In addition to the 50-year-old Ayre, who was born in Lloydminster, Sask., prosecutors say the indictment names website operators James Philip, David Ferguson and Derrick Maloney and the gambling website Bodog has been shut down and four Canadians indicted, including founder Calvin Ayre, for illegal gambling that generated more than $100 million in winnings, U.S. federal prosecutors say. The indictments follow federal prosecutions last year of three of the biggest websites involved in online poker. More than 75 company bank accounts in 14 countries have been frozen, and authorities are seeking $3 billion in fines and restitution, in that investigation. Bodog gambling founder Calvin Ayre poses for a photograph after an interview at a Toronto hotel in July 2007. Ayre has been indicted in the U.S. for illegal gambling. Nathan Denette/Canadian Press (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.