A Bodog rep by the name Bill Beatty alleged that PokerScout’s Dan Stewart attempted to extort money from Bodog when requested to remove Bodog’s player data from his tracking site.
“Bodog approached [Stewart] to be removed from the listings. Stewart thought about the request and offered to take Bodog off his site but only if they paid Stewart a seven figure extortion payment.
Bodog refused to make the extortion payment, Beatty adds, they know he is taking their data without implicit permission and directly profiting from it.”
Stewart, who had called out Bodog for the ineffective changes and who still lists and tracks Bodog player traffic stats, was quick to respond on Twitter...Bodog refused to make the extortion payment, Beatty adds, they know he is taking their data without implicit permission and directly profiting from it.”
“More lies … coming from the Bodog mouthpiece website. What a surprise. So disappointing.”
Bodog is attempting to avoid top players from targeting their site, instead making it a more casual player friendly environment. Bodog may also be trying to gain lesser international attention in the wake of Black Friday or have less scrutiny on its player numbers in the hyper-competitive European market it is targeting heavily now.Stewart concludes "Our current traffic readings for Bodog are projections based on a combination of available data and known traffic patterns. While this data is more volatile than before, we believe it to be accurate on average. If it becomes necessary, we will simply publish estimates of Bodog’s traffic as we do for some other untracked sites.”
