Casino CEO: Online-gambling crackdown won’t threaten industry

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre, founder and CEO of Internet casino Bodog.com, said Tuesday that the arrest of a U.S. online gambling executive would not threaten his industry and that his business will operate as usual.

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Wed, July 19th, 2006

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