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Archive for June, 2010
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
 Online poker site Real Deal Poker, recently announced that they have partnered with Income Access to offer new poker affiliate options. Real Deal Poker is a unique poker room that offers players card games that are deal with real cards. The site shuffles the cards and deals the cards with an automatic dealing machine which it unique to the industry.
Real Deal Poker affiliates will now be able to use the affiliate marketing software program which will be provided by Income Access. Affiliates will be able to track marketing campaigns easily as well as view a large selection if performance reports. The software will also provide affiliates with communication and marketing tools.
Nicky Senyard the CEO of Income Access commented: “We are very excited to be providing in-depth reporting functionalities to Real Deal Poker affiliates. Their product is so new, and so unique that I’m sure poker affiliates are going to do really well with it.”
Paul Gambrill the affiliate director commented: “When players trust a poker room, they play higher stakes and stay loyal to the site. Players trust what they see and what they see at Real Deal Poker is real cads being dealt right before their eyes.”
Affiliates of Real Deal Poker will receive a commission of fifteen to twenty five percent. Affiliates who are able to create a high volume of players will be able to host private affiliate specific free rolls at Real Deal Poker.
Tags: Affiliate Director, Affiliate Marketing Software, Affiliate Options, Affiliate Program, Affiliate Software, Card Games, Ceo, Free Poker, Functionalities, Games Cards, High Volume, Income Access, Marketing Campaigns, Marketing Tools, online poker, Performance Reports, poker affiliate, Poker Affiliates, Poker Online, Poker Room, Real Deal, Real Deal Poker, Software Program
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
On June 1st the Norwegian government put new gambling laws into effect. Now with the laws in effect customers who have Norwegian bank and credit cards are having trouble placing any kind of electronic payment. Not only are payments to online poker rooms and casinos being denied but other online transactions as well.
The new laws in Norway are similar to the UIGEA in the United States. Financial institutions are supposed to deny online transactions from online casinos. The list created by the government for banks to deny has two names on it, Norsk Tipping and Rikstoto.
However since transactions are taking place electronically the automated system is not only blocking online casino and poker payments it is also blocking payments for other online charges such as casinos that may be abroad or cruise shops and other tourist destinations. Those who have this problem must enter in many different contract agreements with Norway VISA to be able to have their transactions go through.
The new law was created to protect those who are addicted to gambling. But it does not seem to be working. Players in Norway can easily get a foreign bank account via online and then use that account to play online casino games so the new bill is affecting just a small portion of those who live in Norway.
Tags: Automated System, Bank Cards, Banks, Contract Agreements, Credit Cards, Cruise, Electronic Payment, Financial Institutions, Gambling Laws, New Laws, Norsk, Norway, Norway Visa, Norwegian Government, Online Casino Games, Online Casinos, online poker, Poker Rooms, Small Portion, Tourist Destinations, UIGEA, United States, Visa Cardholders
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
 Two of the largest online gambling companies have been in talks of merging for some time now. Party Gaming and Bwin Interactive were in talks to merge their two companies but now the talks have reportedly come to an end.
There has been speculation about the two talking of merging for many months now and now it has been confirmed that the talks have ceased. Hannes Androsch the supervisory board chairman of Bwin has confirmed that the talks have fallen through.
Androsch commented in Austria’s Trend magazine: “In the end, talks have not led to the desired outcome.” Many analysts predicted that if the two companies had been able to merge it would have set off a large wave of consolidation in the industry.
Austria’s Trend magazine also stated that they think Bwin will now look to partner with a company in the United States. The magazine stated that the company is considering the purchase of a small stake of around 11 percent of an unidentified company located in San Francisco.
This speculation was somewhat confirmed as Norbet Teufelberger the co chief executive of Bwin commented in the magazine that the company would like to enter the United States with a local partner that is competent. He also commented that Bwin is in talks to do just that.
Tags: Board Chairman, Bwin, Bwin Interactive, Chief Executive, Consolidation, Desired Outcome, Merger Discussions, Norbet, online gambling, partygaming, San Francisco, Speculation, Stake, Supervisory Board, Trend, Trend Magazine, Unidentified Company, United States
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Monday, June 28th, 2010
 Since the French government recently placed new regulations for the country PokerStars.com is no longer able to accept French players or let French players compete on their site. Since June 24th French players can no longer play on PokerStars.com but they can play on the PokerStars.fr site.
French players who visited the PokerStars.com website found a popup which read: “All money in PokerStars accounts is 100% safe and is available for withdrawal. You can choose to cash out now if you prefer.”
Former French PokerStars.com players can now play at PokerStars.fr but they will only be competing against other French players and not players from all over the world. PokerStars.com stated that they were mandated by law to deny the French players but the site is looking forward to servicing the French players on the French PokerStars website.
It seems as though the change at PokerStars.com has hurt the online poker room. According to PokerScout the site has seen a drop in traffic of around 10% in one week since the poker room stopped French players from competing on their main site.
On the 24th the day the change went into effect the site had a number of just over 36,000 during peak real money ring games while one week before the numbers sat at just over 40,000. It will be interesting to see if the change continues to affect the online poker room.
Tags: Fr, French, French Government, French Players, Games, June 24, online poker, Poker Players, Poker Room, PokerStars, PokerStars.com, PokerStars.fr, Real Money, Traffic
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
Rakeback is very important to poker players as it is a way to get money back for playing online poker. For those that do not know a Rakeback is when a poker room will give players a percentage of the rake back to the player for playing. One online poker site has recently increased their Rakeback offering to entice players to visit their site more.
RaiseandFold Poker has announced they are offering a 40% Rakeback for their players. This means that those who play regularly at the online poker site will be able to earn a nice amount of cash back. Since the Rakeback is 40%, players would get a larger amount back than other poker rooms. For example, those who accumulate $100 in rake would earn $40 back.
Players will get their Rakeback at the end of the week, so it won’t be long before players see a return for their game play. Part of the Everleaf network, RaiseandFold decided to increase the Rakeback to get players to play at their site as well as help out in tough economic times.
A spokesman for RaiseandFold commented: “The rake back tabularizes the total amount of rake that was provided by the gambler (as well as tourneys fees). 40% of that amount is re-deposited to the gambler’s account. The current economic environment affects everybody, including poker players. This new rake back plan provides players the chance to play more and the opportunity to win more
Tags: Economic Environment, Economic Times, Gambler, Game Play, Money, online poker, Playing Poker, Poker Players, Poker Room, Poker Rooms, RaiseandFold, Rake Back, Rakeback, Spokesman
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
Bet 3000 is an online casino and Sportsbook operator and they recently announced they have a new affiliate program available. The new affiliate program is available by using the income access affiliate marketing software solution, the white label version.
Affiliates will find that the Bet 3000 site has an up to date online casino as well as sports betting coverage of a wide range of sporting options. Both the sports book and the casino have been combined for affiliate log-in making it easier for those who choose to support the site.
Simon Springer of Bet 3000 commented: “We have set some very clear goals for our affiliate program, and are thrilled to find a solution that meets our very specialized requirements. Once we got a demo of the Income Access software and saw the powerful functionality of the many different reporting and tracking features, we saw that we would be able to leverage the software to help us expand into the new directions that we had defined for our affiliate program.”
The Bet 3000 site offers affiliates a 35% flat cross product structure and players will be earning a revenue share commission on all products from the operator. Affiliates will be able to access advanced tracking as well as marketing tools and reporting options since the affiliate program is run by the Income Access affiliate marketing software.
Tags: Access Software, affilate program, Affiliate Marketing Software, Affiliate Program, Affiliate Software, Bet, Bet 3000, Bet Online, casino, Cross Product, Demo, Functionality, Marketing Software Solution, Marketing Solution, Marketing Tools, New Directions, Online Casino, Product Structure, Revenue Share, Simon Springer, Sporting Options, Sports Book, Sportsbook, White Label
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
 For year’s online video sharing site, YouTube has refused to offer advertising to online gambling operators and casinos. However, now the site believes that they can offer the advertisements safely on their site. YouTube will be using their age checking software to keep children from viewing the gambling advertisements.
YouTube will now be publishing’s ads in the UK that are related to online gambling. One online gaming site has already been successful in purchasing advertisement space. Ladbrokes has become the first company to create gaming ads on YouTube.
Online casinos and gambling operators who are licensed in France, the UK, Spain and Italy are allowed to purchase advertisement space on YouTube. YouTube will be using special age checking software, the same that is used on the mature themed videos, to keep kids from viewing the gambling advertisements.
The software keeps kids under the age of eighteen from viewing any videos or advertisements that aren’t suitable for their age groups. Representatives from YouTube have stated that the software has been successful in blocking children under the age of eighteen from accessing the blocked areas.
Gambling companies and casino operators who decide to purchase advertising space can run campaigns on the home page of YouTube. The advertisements will also be able to run on video pages as well as create their own channels on YouTube.
Tags: Advertisement Space, Advertisements, Advertising Online, Age Groups, Campaigns, Casino Operators, Gambling Casino, Gambling Casinos, Gambling Online, gambling operators, Gambling Software, Italy, Ladbrokes, Mature, Online Casinos, online gambling, Online Gaming, Spain, Video Sharing, Videos, Youtube
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
 Gambling in Australia is big business. Players have been fans of slot machines for years and now poker has become the new game to play. There are many poker pros coming out of Australia and they are helping to spread the game in the country. Now many residents of the state are going online to wager their cash in poker games. And even though players are enjoying online gambling, officials of the country are not so keen on the idea.
Government officials are starting to question how online gambling will affect the country and they may be creating a similar ban such as the United States UIGEA ban. This past Wednesday the Australian government announced they do not support the liberalization of online gambling. This announcement was made despite the Productivity Commission giving a positive recommendation for online gambling.
The Australian government will be looking at regulatory approaches that other countries have used which includes the United States. The government will then decide if online gambling will be good for the Australian government to profit and be able to regulate.
Australia is just another country in a long list of countries and areas in the world that are considering the option of not allowing online gambling in their area. Although people around the world would love to have the option to enjoy online gambling, governments are overriding what their residents would like and creating bans against online gambling.
Tags: Australia, Australian Government, Business Players, Government Officials, Governments, Liberalization, List Of Countries, New Game, online gambling, poker, Poker Games, Poker Pros, Productivity Commission, Regulatory Approaches, Slot Machines, UIGEA, United States
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
 For years online poker sites have been booming with traffic especially since the early 2000’s when Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker. Players saw that qualifying online could result in a major poker win as well as career so everyone seemed to be jumping on the poker bandwagon. But now it seems as though the online poker world has gotten into a rut. Could it be that online poker is becoming a thing of the past?
Many online poker rooms seem to be suffering as their traffic numbers are down. Research and statistics have shown that many of the major poker rooms traffic has been down for a few months now. One would think that currently the numbers would be down because two of the biggest events in sports are taking place: the 2010 WSOP and the World Cup.
Many players will be playing in Vegas as we speak and others are placing sporting bets on the World Cup. So this would explain the downturn right now but what explains the loss in traffic numbers from the previous months?
Such sites as Absolute Poker and Cake Poker are showing significant drops in numbers. According to an article on the ipokerrace website, Absolute Poker has seen a drop of over 1,000 players over the past six months for their average. Cake Poker is down almost half of their average of players.
However the most shocking site to have a downturn is possible Full Tilt Poker. The number two poker room has lost almost 5,000 payers over the past six months. It looks as though the site has lost their players due to new sites that have opened up in the online poker market.
Interestingly enough, PokerStars has still been doing well, holding their own in the industry. The site has continued to stay on track and keep their player numbers. Overall the industry is suffering right now as more and more countries decide to implement UIGEA like bans so players cannot play internationally. And of course with the UIGEA now in effect those in the US are also going to be affected. And there have also been security breaches at online poker rooms such as those on the CEREUS network. All of these reasons could be why the online poker rooms are currently lacking in their player numbers. Hopefully this is just a phase and players will log on to bring the numbers back up for the top online poker rooms.
Tags: absolute poker, Bandwagon, Bets, Cake Poker, Chris Moneymaker, Downturn, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker Rooms, Player Numbers, Poker Online, Poker Players, Poker Room, Poker Sites, Poker World, Six Months, Traffic Numbers, UIGEA, World Cup, World Series, World Series Of Poker, WSOP
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
 PokerStars recently announced they have signed a new sponsorship deal. The online poker giant will now be the sponsor for the Spanish Basketball Federation for one year. PokerStars reached an agreement with the president of the Federacion Espanola de Baloncesto to make the deal.
PokerStars will benefit greatly from the new deal as the highlight of the sport; the 2010 FIBA World Championship is set to take place in August. The poker room will gain much exposure during the popular event. Players at PokerStars will also benefit from the new deal as the site will now offer players the opportunity to earn tickets to various basketball games and events.
The World Championship is expected to see a huge amount of viewers as the Spanish team is high in the world rankings. The team is just behind the Argentina and USA teams. The Spanish team is expected to beat tough teams to advance in the championship. The other teams include Canada, Lebanon, France, New Zealand and Lithuania.
Juanjo Marquez the representative for Spain of PokerStars commented on the new deal by stating: “Our client PokerStars is very proud to become sponsor of the Federación Española de Baloncesto. Being a global brand, this is a significant opportunity to join a leading sport. PokerStars sponsors numerous teams and sportsmen of international standing and being able to co-operate with the World and European champion is an exciting project by which to convey values like excellence, competition and fair play”.
Jose Luis Saez the President of the FEB commented: “We are very pleased to join forces with a company which is leading in its sector and which decides to bet on our sport, a company which is known for innovation and the sports aspect of poker and which has demonstrated an impressive capacity for promotion and broadcasting.”
Tags: Basketball Federation, Basketball Games, European Champion, Excellence Competition, Fair Play, Federacion Espanola, Federation Espanola, Fiba World Championship, Global Brand, Highlight, Jose Luis, Juanjo, New Deal, online poker, Poker Room, PokerStars, Spanish Basketball, Spanish Basketball Federation, Spanish Team, Sponsorship Deal, Sportsmen, Usa Teams, World Champion
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