Inside Asian Gaming

21 36 television series, including Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker II and season’s three and four of Bodog Fight. Bodog’s Music’s band search competition, Bodog Battle, will be airing on TV and broadband in the next few months. Further out, you will see the Bodog brand continue to branch out into other areas of digital entertainment and lifestyle products.” By Stephen Nover, a Henderson, Nev.- based freelance writer.Sidebar by Paul Doocey, Editor of International Gaming and Wagering Business magazine. Reprinted with permission fromIGWB. Spreading the Wealth In addition to establishing a diverse and highly-successful Internet-based gambling and entertainment empire, Calvin Ayre has found the time and money to create the Calvin Ayre Foundation, an Antigua-based private and independent philanthropic orga- nization with a charter to do charitable works worldwide. Currently, the foundation focuses on pro- moting greater equity in five broad areas: envi- ronment, education, social development, child welfare and animal welfare. Among the causes supported by the Calvin Ayre Foundation: • The ongoing support of Saigon Chil- dren’s Charity, an organization with the goal of helping the city’s poorest children escape from the cycle of poverty through education and training. • Providing the funding needed to create TheTaleofTwoNazanins,adocumentaryabout Nazanin Mahabad Fatehi, a woman who was sentenced to death in Iran after she stabbed one of three men who attempted to rape her and her 16-year-old niece in March 2005. • Leading the charge to eradicate bear farming, the cruel practice of raising caged bears in order to extract their gall bladder bile, a popular Asian folk medicine. It is estimated that 14,000 bears are involved in this industry. Most recently, The Calvin Ayre Founda- tion has sponsored underprivileged young adults, offering them an opportunity to at- tend world-class universities in countries such as Canada and the Philippines. While ensuring that these students are afforded the best possible academic opportunities, the foundation aims to ease the financial burden felt by their families back at home. For more information on the foundation, visit www.calvinayrefoundation.com. - Paul Doocey