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please help by moving some material from it into the body of the article . please read the layout guide and lead section guidelines to ensure the section will still be inclusive of all essential details . please discuss this issue on the article s talk page . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message morris mohawk gaming group type private industry online gaming founded 2006 kahnawake quebec canada headquarters mohawk territory of kahnawake quebec canada key people alwyn morris ceo products online casino sportsbook poker room revenue not available number of employees approximately 210 2008 website http www.morrismohawk.ca the morris mohawk gaming group mmgg is a business to business organization which concentrates particularly on the indigenous population of north america by providing technology services to native owned casino industry in the region . 1 a private company the mmgg is headquartered in the mohawk territory of kahnawake in quebec canada part of the seven communities that make up the mohawk nation . the mmgg operates pursuant to a remote gaming license issued by the kahnawake gaming commission and is authorized by that license to offer gaming services worldwide . the mmgg is led by its ceo alwyn morris a member of the mohawk nation in kahnawake and recipient of order of canada the highest order that can be bestowed upon a canadian civilian . according to a 2009 interview with ceo alwyn morris following the passage of anti online gambling legislation by the united states congress in 2006 the original antigua based bodog gaming enterprise resolved to withdraw from the united states market . seizing upon the opportunity the mmgg then approached bodog and negotiated an exclusive license to use the brand for the purposes of marketing the mmgg s online gaming services within that region . in july 2011 bodog brand issued a press release announcing that the brand license arrangement with the mmgg would be terminated effective december 31 2011 . 2 on december 14 2011 the mmgg announced that it would no longer operate any bodog branded websites and transitioned all customers to its new site . 3 4 domain names edit the mmgg originally licensed the www.bodog.com domain from bodog as an element of their brand license arrangements but this domain name was seized in september 2007 during a patent dispute between one of bodog s domain management suppliers and a company named 1st technology llc . in april 2009 the morris mohawk gaming group though not a party to the litigation settled the case with 1st technology acquired all of the seized domains and returned its website to the original www.bodog.com domain . on may 23 2011 the group announced its intention to allow its license agreement with bodogbrand.com for the bodog.com domain to expire and that it had migrated its services to www.bodog.eu . alwyn morris commented on the transition to the new domain indicating that the . eu domain would appeal more directly to the new markets we plan to enter . in december 2011 the group ceased operations of any bodog branded websites . in 2013 alwyn stepped away from his role as an operator to focus solely on consulting and advising those looking to end in the newly regulated us gaming market . 5 after more than eight years in the kahnawake region of quebec in canada the group terminated its operations in october 2015 . 6 references edit url http calvinayre.com 2013 08 28 business alwyn morris forges new career in b2b market bodog becomes latest site to leave us online gaming market . covers.com . 2011 06 26 . retrieved 2011 12 14 . morris mohawk rebrands in us with bovada domain . egaming review . 2011 06 26 . retrieved 2011 12 14 . bodog branded entities no longer . herald online . 2011 06 26 . retrieved 2011 12 14 . url http calvinayre.com 2013 08 28 business alwyn morris forges new career in b2b market url http calvinayre.com 2015 10 01 business morris mohawk gaming group shuts down operations retrieved from 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