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Posts Tagged ‘Chief Executive’
Monday, December 6th, 2010
The French Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL) recent approval of Titan Poker’s application for a gambling license will add TitanPoker.fr to the growing list of online poker rooms available to players in Europe’s second-largest online poker market.
Titan Poker is the latest iPokerNetwork site to join the French online poker market, and the chief executive for the site’s parent company of PlayTech, Mor Wiezer, had this to say in a press release: “We are delighted to be further consolidating our relationship with Titan, and our position in the French regulated market. Titan is a welcome addition to the French platform and we are confident that it will enable us to further extend the liquidity pool and experience of our French poker network.”
After legalizing online poker in early 2010 France has been slowly opening up licenses to online poker rooms that meet their criteria for licensing. Many French poker players still feel the laws are too restrictive, as they only allow French residents to compete against other French residents; basically cutting them off from the global online poker market. So, while online poker is now legalized and regulated in the country, the restrictions that have been put in place have not gone over well with its residents.
Additionally, many feel the taxation rates imposed on the online poker sites are too high, which has caused some online poker sites to raise their rake and fees, while cutting down on some of the promotional offers for French poker players.
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Operating under the Party Gaming group, AffClub Affiliate Program as well as Party Partners has earned the eCOGRA Seal of approval. The affiliate program has passed the on-site inspection test by eCOGRA the independent standards organization.
Because they passed the test, AffClub Affiliate Program now has received the Affliate Trust Seal. Any program that has the Seal on their site shows that they have the best efficiency, player fairness and player protection.
The affiliate program prepares marketing for online casinos, nine in fact, which includes Casino King and Noble Casino. Sean Roberts the Compliance Manager for eCOGRA commented on AffClub gaining their seal by stating: AffClub operates in a highly professional manner and its focus on meeting the needs of affiliates within given control frameworks provides for a reliable and effective platform for affiliates and regulators alike.”
The AffClub will now be able to feature the eCOGRA Affiliate Trust Seal on their site since they met the affiliate program standards of the eCOGRA. Andrew Beveridge the chief executive of eCOGRA commented: “Achieving accreditation such as AffClub has done requires high levels of commitment and sound administrative and business systems.”
Beveridge went on to say that the criteria for accreditation includes that affiliate revenues are calculated fairly as well as accurately. The affiliate program must also see that payments are on time and players should be able to accurately link the players to their affiliates.
Tags: Accreditation, AffClub Affiliate Program, Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Program, Affiliate Site, Affiliates, Business Systems, Chief Executive, Compliance Manager, Ecogra, Efficiency, Fairness, Frameworks, Gaming Group, Independent Standards, Online Casinos, Party Gaming, Party Partners, Professional Manner, Regulators, Seal Of Approval, Standards Organization
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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 21st, 2010
 The smartFOCUS Group recently announced they have signed a contract deal with online gaming giant PartyGaming. smartFOCUS will be providing the gaming company with marketing software that is high performance to increase the amount of players across all of the PartyGaming sites.
smartFOCUS will be providing PartyGaming sites such as Party Bingo and Party Casino with a suite of software and services which will include reporting, analysis and campaign management. PartyGaming will join the long list of companies that smartFOCUS provides their software for. The list includes: Carnival Group, Rank and Easyjet.
Chris Underhill the Chief Executive of SmartFOCUS commented: “Armed with an increased understanding of each customer, PartyGaming is delivering more intelligent customer insights and targeted marketing to improve customer management and significantly increase marketing performance.”
For PartyGaming, the software will allow it to gather more customer data, to derive a better understanding of its customer base. The gaming company said it is “now able to profile players segmented by life-stage, value, recent activity and frequency of play, then take advantage of highly granular data”.
PartyGaming also commented on the new deal in a statement. PartyGaming commented: “smartFOCUS will enable us to test new ideas and analyze vast amounts of customer data instantly, providing us with a competitive edge to investigate and react to market changes quickly and effectively.
Tags: Campaign Management, Carnival, Carnival Group, Chief Executive, Competitive Edge, Contract Deal, Customer Base, Customer Data, Customer Insights, Customer Management, Easyjet, Gaming Company, Gaming Giant, Intelligent Customer, Life Stage, Market Changes, Marketing Software, New Deal, partygaming, smartFOCUS, Targeted Marketing
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Friday, June 11th, 2010
 Bodog is one of the largest online gambling brands in the world today and they recently announced they have created a new position at their company. There is a CEO position for Bodog Europe and the new job goes to Patrik Selin.
Selin is a welcome addition to the Bodog family as he has great experience in the online gambling industry. Selin was part of one of the largest deals ever in the industry. Selin was working with Ongame as a Chief Executive when he sold Ongame to Bwin Interactive for 5 million Euros.
Selin commented on Bodog by stating: “Bodog Europe has a remarkable product set, a tremendous brand, and has assembled a team that is second to none. The meteoric successes in the UK to date have surpassed all expectations, and I’m thrilled to be able to help steer the course going forward in the UK. We are already looking to other European markets as the regulatory environment clarifies and as we secure appropriate regional licenses.”
Selin is a strong force in the industry. He worked a deal with Bodog to license the brand in 2009 and he is working to launch a new poker network for Bodog. Selin commented that the European market is very crowded but Bodog will stand out in the market and that is what will help them do well in the market.
Tags: 5 Million, Bodog, Bodog Brand, Ceo Position, Chief Executive, Europe, European Markets, Euros, Launch, New Job, New Position, Ongame, online gambling, Patrik Selin, Poker Network, Regulatory Environment, Remarkable Product, Second To None, Strong Force, Successes, Welcome Addition, World Today
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Monday, June 7th, 2010
 Norway recently created a ban that has affect gamblers in the country. Players of online poker and other online gambling methods can no longer participate at online sites due to a new ban. The ban is on financial transactions between the residents of Norway and online gambling websites.
The government of Norway submitted the proposal of the financial ban in 2008 to parliament but the European Free Trade Association was not happy with this. The EFTA commented in 2008 that the proposal is an ‘unjustified restriction of the freedoms of the internal market for gambling services’.
Norway is part of the European Free Trade Association with Iceland, Switzerland and Lichtenstein. Despite the EFTA’s commented Norway went ahead with the plans for the ban and on June 1st the ban came into effect. Now credit card companies and online payment processors are not able to make any online gaming transactions in the country.
The EFTA is now working to challenge the new laws on Norway. The government of the country commented that the ban was created to help with fraud and gambling addictions. Many are opposed to the ban and Clive Hawkswood a Chief executive of the Remote Gambling Association has commented on the ban by stating:
“It is difficult to believe that the aim of the proposed measures is to protect consumers and restrict gambling given the Norwegian monopoly’s appetite for recruiting new players and the extent of its marketing campaigns. The Norwegian authorities appear to be more motivated by the need to protect revenues from gambling, but this is not a valid justification to restrict the internal market rules.”
Tags: Appetite, Chief Executive, Efta, Financial Transactions, Freedoms, Gamblers, Gambling Addictions, Government Of Norway, Government Proposal, Justification, Lichtenstein, Marketing Campaigns, Monopoly, New Laws, Norway, Norway Government, Norwegian Authorities, online gambling, online poker, Parliament, Payment Processors, Restriction, transaction ban
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