Yeah, Bodog has gotten a little more difficult to get your payout. They want to send everyone a check and 40 days is what they say the average wait is to receive payment.
Money transfer is the way to go. I use Western Union. Bodog has a policy that you must have established a pattern of activity of making deposits through WU before they will let you make a withdrawal. Apparently this means more than one deposit.
I made one deposit after having this explained to me by one of their customer service reps ( and so far, every one of their reps has been unfailingly polite and professional with me) who indicated that I could make a withdrawal after one deposit to establish that "link" through WU. I then had to talk to 4 different people over the course of 2 1/2 days to have them actually perform on what I had been told. Apparently, they like to see more than one deposit to establish that link. My problem is that after making a first deposit a couple of years ago, I have had no need to deposit again.
If I were going to set my Bodog account up to bypass these problems I would make a few small deposits over the course of a couple of months through the money transfer method I wanted to use to establish the "link" to remove their ability to object to using money transfer for withdrawal.
Oh, and if you are not doing this online, but over the phone, make sure you tell the rep that you are making a withdrawal USING MONEY TRANSFER or they will throw you right into the pile of payouts by check WITHOUT ASKING YOU YOUR PREFERENCE.
Hope this helps.