Ignition Casino and other sites on the PaiWangLuo (Bodog) Network have resumed live activity after nearly two days of downtime that found customers expressing concerns despite reassurances from Ignition and other Bodog-related sites across social media. The unexpected downtime followed an apparent system freeze or crash on Thursday afternoon, North America time, and lasted until Saturday morning.
The yet to be detailed software problem involved an extensive "fix" which lasted throughout the two-day stretch. The software network involved all sites and gambling forms, including the popular grey-market Bovada sports betting site. Ignition offered its customers updates as frequently as every three hours on Twitter, though there was a certain sameness as message after message amounted to little more than "We're working on it.
Perhaps the most informative message was a Friday post that declared, "Regularly scheduled maintenance sucks when it goes wrong. We know we are still looking like at least 7-8 hours away from being back, but know your balances are completely secure while we fix this and we’ll update you again in three hours." The overall string of Twitter updates, though, left the live resumption of activity as an open question until Saturday's resolution:
The messages continued on. Later on Friday, the first Tweet with any explanatory content appeared:
