prosecutors indicted him, claiming he had done nothing wrong. The son of grain and pig farmers in Saskatchewan, Ayre had remained defiant in the years after U.S. He looks forward to moving forward with his life,” said Barry Boss, Ayre’s lawyer, in a statement. He is even more pleased that this five-year ordeal is finally over for him and for the others who were charged. Ayre is pleased with the outcome of this case. 'Ayre personally ensured that any Bodog brand player was made whole,' according to a court document filed by federal prosecutors. Ayre also agreed not to make any claim against $66 million that had mostly belonged to U.S.-based gamblers and had been previously seized by federal prosecutors from payment processors in a forfeiture proceeding related to the case.
Judge Catherine Blake sentenced Ayre to one year of unsupervised probation and a $500,000 fine.
