A Manitoba court ordered offshore giant Bodog to stop operating in the province and called its 'safe' and 'trusted' marketing misleading. Months later it rebranded as Ozoon. Here's why the case matters for anyone choosing where to play.
What the court actually ruled
In 2025 the Manitoba Court of King's Bench granted an injunction, sought by Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, against the operators behind Bodog (Il Nido Ltd. and Sanctum IP Holdings, based in Antigua and Barbuda). The court found that advertising the site as "legitimate, lawful, 'safe,' or 'trusted'" amounted to a "false description… likely to mislead the public," and ordered the company to geo-block players in the province and stop all advertising aimed at Manitobans.
From Bodog to Ozoon
Effective 17 February 2026, Bodog rebranded its Canadian-facing operation as Ozoon, moving balances, bets and account history to a new platform. A new name doesn't change the underlying point: it's still an offshore operator answering to a foreign licence, not a Canadian regulator.
Why "trusted" from an offshore site means little
An offshore casino can call itself "safe" or "trusted" in its own marketing — but in Bodog's case a court found exactly that language misleading. A provincially licensed casino is different: it holds an AGCO registration and an iGaming Ontario agreement (or another province's framework), with enforced standards behind it — see what that protects.
A casino calling itself "trusted" is not the same as a regulator licensing it. In Bodog's case, a court called that label misleading.
Part of a wider crackdown
The action isn't isolated. The Canadian Lottery Coalition — BCLC, AGLC, Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, Loto-Québec and Atlantic Lottery — has been pushing to curb offshore operators and their advertising, and enforcement may expand to payments and local intermediaries. The grey market is shrinking.
What it means for you
Choose where you play on the licence, not the slogan. We list only AGCO / iGaming Ontario-licensed operators for exactly this reason — and our is online gambling legal in Canada? guide has the province-by-province picture.