If you are familiar with online poker rooms and casinos then you may be familiar with the story of the King County judgment handed down in court of $48.93 million against Bodog in a patent case.  As a result of the lawsuit, the winner was able to take control of Bodog's domain name and shut them down.  Many players thought that day where having some type of DNS troubles and others thought that perhaps they had been hacked into by capable and smart hackers.  Rumors and theories abound in the tumultuous whirlwind of the Internet, but the truth eventually sorted out and, as it turns out, a lawsuit filed by the King County, Washington resident was found sometime ago.  The almost humorous nature of the lawsuit culminates in the resulting fact that Bodog did not respond to any type of communications from the plaintiff or the courts.  It would appear that everyone involved thought that the chances of a lawsuit succeeding were slim to none.

Imagine the surprise when the lawsuit was victorious and a judgment was rendered against Bodog for allowing players in the United States to use the software that was rightfully patented in 1995.  This patent has been used to attempt to sue several other online poker rooms and casinos but has been unsuccessful in every aspect except for the matter regarding the Bodog online poker room and casino.  Other websites who were under attack were able to clear their name and effectively fight off the largely overblown lawsuit and court order process.  Up until this point, very few online poker rooms and casinos had paid any attention to the claims by the plaintiff about patent violation and the method by which online poker rooms and casinos conducted business on a day-to-day basis.  The patent specifically indicates the method that online poker rooms and casinos communicate and direct traffic over the Internet, as well as the method in which they pay out winnings and earnings that have accumulated online.

Of all the other online poker rooms and casinos that have come under fire in the matter of patent law similar to the troubles of Bodog, there appears to be no others that are as vulnerable as the Bodog website was.  Details are still sketchy on how the lawsuit plaintiff was able to take control of the Bodog domain name.