An offshore sportsbook has actually officially been informed to knock it off by the Canadian legal system.

A judge for the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba granted an injunction on Monday against Bodog, an online betting operator based in Antigua and Barbuda.

The computer registry says the injunction was granted and signed in court. Reasons are to follow at a later date.

Monday's injunction was successfully looked for by the government-owned Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corp. (MBLL), which alleged Bodog was operating illegally in the province. MBLL likewise claimed that Bodog was diverting business away from its online gambling platform, PlayNow.

PlayNow is the only authorized iGaming site in Manitoba, and its proprietor, MBLL, desires Bodog to stop advertising and operating within the province. On Monday, that is what the court informed Bodog to do.

"This court orders and states that the Respondents have no lawful authority to use online betting items and services, whether through bodog.eu, bodog.net or any other related successor or replacement websites, or to promote such online services and products to persons found in Manitoba, as such activities are contrary to areas 201, 202, and 206 of the Criminal Code," Monday's order said.

- Government-owned Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corp. has actually obtained a court injunction versus Antigua and Barbuda-based Bodog.

• The Crown corporation is attempting to stop Bodog from advertising and operating in the Canadian province, alleging the offshore sportsbook and gambling establishment gambling website is breaking the law and diverting organization away from MBLL's PlayNow platform.
• The injunction is a possibly precedent-setting development for Canada, which has a big "grey market" for online betting.
  
  The injunction obtained on Monday was filed on behalf of the Canadian Lottery Coalition, an advocacy group that consists of numerous government-owned gaming corporations, consisting of MBLL.
  
  Those lottery games have actually been pushing back against offshore iGaming operators in Canada. A court injunction versus Bodog might now set a crucial precedent.
  
  That is because, with the exception of Ontario, the bulk of online gaming in Canada happens in the so-called "grey market."
  
  The term shows online gaming happening on websites that may be regulated abroad or outside a particular province, however not by the province where the bets are in fact being placed. Those "grey" sites compete for service with provincially regulated websites like PlayNow.
  
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  Offshore operators have been permitted to take bets from Canadians for several years without much turmoil being made. That has actually started to change, though, specifically given that the decriminalization of single-game sports betting in Canada in 2021, and the launch of a competitive iGaming market in Ontario in 2022.
  
  Monday's order says that Bodog advertising its websites to anybody in as "genuine, legal, 'safe', or 'relied on'" constitutes a "incorrect and deceptive representation," contrary to Canadian law. Moreover, it says the Bodog-related entities, "as operators of unauthorized and illegal betting sites" in Manitoba, have "engaged in tortious conduct by devoting the illegal methods tort."
  
  Bodog did not react to a demand for comment before this story was released.
  
  The order issued Monday also kept in mind that nobody appeared in court on behalf of the Bodog-related participants, Il Nido Ltd. and Sanctum IP Holdings Ltd. This was regardless of those companies being "duly served," the order says.
  
  Offshore sportsbook Bodog is informing consumers that it is leaving the Canadian province of Nova Scotia in early October. Adds "we'll be monitoring your province for regulatory changes."
  
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  The permanent injunction granted by the Manitoba court requires all Bodog-related entities to stop running in a manner that is available to Manitobans and to cease marketing to people in the province. The court is also informing Bodog to put "geo-blocking innovation" in location to avoid anybody in Manitoba from accessing the operator's sites.
  
  Whether Bodog abide by the injunction stays to be seen. However, the business has actually taken out of other provinces in the past.
  
  Most especially, the overseas sportsbook says it no longer accepts gamers from Nova Scotia and Quebec. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario also just recently called media outlets and asked them "to stop promoting unregulated online gaming and sports wagering websites" like Bodog.