10 Most Influential People of Online Gambling (2008) - Gambling911.com

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Gambling911.com yesterday looked at 10 of the most influential events involving the online gambling sector yesterday. Today we look at the 10 most influential people and/or groups impacting online gambling in 2008.

Two of the usual suspects fail to make an appearance in this year's Top 10 list. It is easy to understand why Bodog's charismatic founder, Calvin Ayre, would have been featured among the top 10 in any given year between 2003 and 2007. After all, it was he who appeared on the Forbes Billionaire's issue cover in 2006. In 2008, Ayre rode off into the sunset, presumably to retire. The months leading up to his retirement, Ayre failed to make much news (the writing was thereby on the wall).

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