The iGaming market is in fine shape globally, with EU still leading the charge.
As CalvinAyre leaves the gambling space, the iGaming news site leaves a comprehensive report for the near future of the global market.
Popularity with Youth Established
Before the pandemic hit, it was already clear that the increase in popularity of iGaming among youth is the primary factor driving growth.
Pandemic Effect
The pandemic channeled many more users to online play as well, turning iGaming into the fastest growing sector in gaming, and one of the fastest growing online sectors in the world.
Casino Operators Ramp Up
The end of gambling coverage has come at CalvinAyre.com with a one page pop-up.
Billionaire gambling magnate Calvin Ayre has announced a significant and seemingly drastic pivot for his gambling industry news site content: a complete transformation to Bitcoin SV (BSV) coverage.
Full Agenda?
The move is generally being described as a surprise, but actually has to be seen as a logical step considering Ayre s ongoing major involvement with crypto.
Ayre s Crypto Background
Ayre made waves in the crypto-community by supporting Craig Wright s claims that Wright was actually Satoshi Nakamoto himself; and with Ayre s launch in 2017 of Bitcoin news, education, and conference site CoinGeek.
February 25, 2021
The prominent online and land-based gambling news website at CalvinAyre.com has reportedly shut down following almost twelve years in business as its billionaire owner continues shifting his focus to the nascent cryptocurrency and Bitcoin marketplaces.
According to multiple sources, the site was launched by Calvin Ayre of Bodog Entertainment fame in 2009 as a way for the Canadian entrepreneur to publish pieces that were a little less deferential to some of the industry’s biggest corporate players. The Saskatchewan-born pioneer also felt that his service could serve as a more authentic source for readers eager to receive news on the latest trends and opportunities being offered by the ever-growing iGaming sector.
The site was the brainchild of billionaire owner
Calvin Ayre who launched the site in 2009, calling it the âpremier global gambling news site.â
At the time, Ayre wasnât satisfied with the way other gambling news sites were publishing stories, suggesting that they were too respectful of the industryâs biggest companies, so decided to create his own.
Now the site is ceasing operations, with a team of contributors and writers left to say their goodbyes, including lead poker writer
Focus Switches to Cryptocurrency
The announcement on the website states that the site is shutting down due to Ayre s primary focus having changed, from gambling to cryptocurrency.
CalvinAyre.com stops publishing as Calvin moves fully into crypto Share
CalvinAyre.com will remain live but publish no further news for the global gambling sector.
Yesterday, website founder Calvin Ayre published a statement confirming that his self-titled website would no longer be operational.
Ayre, the founder of Bodog Entertainment, launched CalvinAyre.com in 2009 having relinquished all active roles within the online gambling sector.
“I launched CalvinAyre.com due to my dissatisfaction with the news sites that then dominated discussion of the gaming sector,” Ayre’s statement read.
“I found their coverage too deferential to the established giants of the day and too oblivious of the changes I saw looming on the horizon.”