A judge ruled that while Bodoglife.com—the new domain that Calvin Ayre's company switched to—could have an online presence but wouldn't return the rights to the Bodog.com domain or dismiss a related $49 million lawsuit.

" . . . this has never been a patent case; it has always just been a legal system 'stick up' where the objective was always to grab the domain names and try to force a monetary settlement, the legal equivalent of a back alley mugging," said Bodoglife.com founder and CEO Calvin Ayre in a release.