May 25 marks two grand occasions, first, it’s the fifth anniversary of CalvinAyre.com’s official launch as a gambling industry news site and second, it’s the birthday of our founder and namesake Calvin Ayre.

We wanted to take a moment to wish Calvin a happy birthday and a thank you for being a great boss. He celebrated in style this past Saturday with a hundred close friends at our 5-year anniversary party in Vancouver’s Yaletown district. We’ll have a video of the highlights tomorrow.

We wanted to take this opportunity to give thanks to all of the people that helped contribute to CalvinAyre.com over the past five years from hosts to writers to columnists and many people who work behind the scenes.

It’s a long list so bear with me.