An offshore sportsbook has formally 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 windows registry states the injunction was approved and checked in court. Reasons are to follow at a later date.

Monday's injunction was successfully sought by the government-owned Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corp. (MBLL), which Bodog was running illegally in the province. MBLL likewise claimed that Bodog was diverting organization away from its online betting platform, PlayNow.

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

"This court orders and states that the Respondents have no lawful authority to provide online gaming services and products, whether through bodog.eu, bodog.net or any other associated follower or replacement websites, or to market such online product or services to persons located in Manitoba, as such activities contrast areas 201, 202, and 206 of the Criminal Code," Monday's order stated.

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

• The Crown corporation is attempting to stop Bodog from marketing and operating in the Canadian province, alleging the overseas sportsbook and casino gambling website is breaking the law and diverting company far from MBLL's PlayNow platform.
• The injunction is a possibly precedent-setting advancement for Canada, which has a huge "grey market" for online betting.
  
  The injunction obtained on Monday was filed on behalf of the Canadian Lottery Coalition, an advocacy group that includes numerous government-owned video gaming corporations, consisting of MBLL.
  
  Those lottos have actually been pressing back against overseas iGaming operators in Canada. A court injunction versus Bodog could now set a crucial precedent.
  
  That is because, with the exception of Ontario, the bulk of online gambling in Canada happens in the so-called "grey market."
  
  The term shows online gaming occurring on websites that might be managed abroad or outside a specific province, however not by the province where the bets are in fact being put. Those "grey" websites complete for service with provincially regulated websites like PlayNow.
  
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  Offshore operators have actually been enabled to take bets from Canadians for several years without much turmoil being made. That has actually started to alter, though, specifically considering 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 states that Bodog advertising its websites to anybody in Manitoba as "legitimate, lawful, 'safe', or 'trusted'" makes up a "false and misleading representation," contrary to Canadian law. Moreover, it says the Bodog-related entities, "as operators of unauthorized and unlawful betting websites" in Manitoba, have "taken part in tortious conduct by devoting the illegal ways tort."
  
  Bodog did not react to an ask for comment before this story was released.
  
  The order issued Monday also noted that no one appeared in court on behalf of the Bodog-related respondents, Il Nido Ltd. and Sanctum IP Holdings Ltd. This was regardless of those companies being "properly served," the order says.
  
  Offshore sportsbook Bodog is informing clients that it is exiting 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 operating in a way that is available to Manitobans and to cease marketing to individuals in the province. The court is likewise telling Bodog to put "geo-blocking technology" in location to prevent anyone in Manitoba from accessing the operator's websites.
  
  Whether Bodog complies with the injunction remains to be seen. However, the business has actually taken out of other provinces in the past.
  
  Most notably, the overseas sportsbook states it no longer accepts gamers from Nova Scotia and Quebec. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario likewise recently gotten in touch with media outlets and asked "to stop promoting unregulated online betting and sports betting sites" like Bodog.