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World Cup PR planning: the five 'P's 23/03/2010

With the football World Cup fast approaching, egaming PR and media consultant Andrew Drinkwater presents his five 'P's of World Cup PR planning. 

Rakeback and Full Tilt: other poker sites will lean too 22/03/2010

Full Tilt recently told its rakeback affiliates that it will cap the margin on rakeback accounts at 3%. It won't be the last poker site to do so, warns Bill Rini, poker affiliate and former room manager for PartyPoker.

Sportsbook operators: a winning bet for investors? 19/03/2010

The relative scarcity of strong online sportsbooks could put operators of these in pole position to benefit from the unfolding sector consolidation play in 2010, says Ed Birkin, assistant vice-president at Barclays Capital.

Working in Europe: stay flexible 17/03/2010

Geography and language are relatively minor problems for companies seeking to work with Europe's monopoly providers, say Simon Ordish, founder of new Francaise Des Jeux supplier LVS, who argues that other considerations are far more important.

Online poker: no sure winners 15/03/2010

Those that forget their history will only have to live through it again, says Bodog Poker Network boss Patrik Selin - and while the history of online gambling is a very short one, the one thing you can be sure of is uncertainty. That goes double for the market leaders.

Need to know: financials, Betfair, flotation and Florida 05/03/2010

March's first Need to Know discusses the 2009 financial results of four major operators on either side of the Irish Sea, plus Betfair, flotation, Florida and red herrings...

Why we're betting on US betting  05/03/2010

US federal online gambling legislation is unlikely at present, says Daniel Beard of recruitment agency Pentasia, but moves to introduce intrastate regulation by states such as California, Florida and New Jersey are strong enough to have led the company to open a US office on the basis that new laws are now ‘when', not ‘if'.

Betfair and the flotation tank 03/03/2010

There is cautious optimism among the UK broking community that 2010 will see a rebound in the IPO market - but institutional investors remain wary of all operators but one, says Akur Partners' David Shapton, who explains why...

French egaming licences: the ID idée 02/03/2010

A cornerstone of the French legalisation of online gambling, player authentication is central to the opening of a ‘controlled’ French e-gaming market opening by addressing the twin goals of the preservation of socia nd public order. Herve de Kermadec of French ID business Legigame takes you through what you'll need to do to get a licence.

Affiliates: show me the money? 01/03/2010

Every affiliate has to make a decision on which sites to promote. But in 2010, says bingo super affiliate turned operator Raj Ramanadi, those decisions won't just be about which site makes the money...

New US online gambling bill: good news of a kind 26/02/2010

Internet gambling legislation was attached to a sweeping tax reform bill introduced in the US Senate this week - but while it offers hope for online gambling operators, it's not the kind of hope you were hoping for, say egaming journalist Chris Krafcik...

SEO: Greenlight's top five predictions for 2010 25/02/2010

Latency, Twitter integration, video relevancy, winning the click and why search will soon be a two-horse race -  Adam Bunn, head of SEO at search marketing agency Greenlight, offers his top five predictions on the factors that will be behind your site getting noticed this year...

eGaming marketing: Spain is different 24/02/2010

Think you know how to market online gambling? Guess again if you're launching in Iberia, says Willem van Oort, founder of Madrid-based agency GranViaOnline: Spain is different.

New Jersey's online gambling fight: racin' in the street 23/02/2010

New Jersey Senator Raymond Lesniak explains why he is leading the fight to wrest control of the the revenues gained from sports betting and internet gaming raised within the state from Congress.

Need to know: markets new, Nordics say 'no' 19/02/2010

This week in the world of egaming saw operators toasting plans to launch in a host of new markets, but two jurisdictions in the Nordics unveiling new plans to keep competitors out...

What the Mastercard, Visa shut-downs mean for operators 22/02/2010

This month saw a wave of panic as MasterCard and Visa staged a crackdown on cards from their US customer bases being used on egaming sites. With Norway last week approving an identical ban on Norwegian payment processors, we assess just what effect the moves by Mastercard and Visa will have on both US and European operators...

Why PartyPoker's chip cap is right 19/02/2010

PartyPoker recently announced a cap on the number of play money chips a player can acquire. At first glance this move may appear to be an unnecessary, Scrooge-like measure, argues Bill Rini, poker affiliate and former room manager for PartyPoker, but the idea is actually a good one... 

Recruitment and the thaw 18/02/2010

As Britain limps out of recession, UK egaming recruitment is catching up with international, says Hyperion recruitment director Chris Denny - and with many of the payment and bonus freezes of a recessionary 2009 still in place, the market could be about to get interesting...

Betsson: Norway, Turkey and keeping the faith 17/02/2010

Betsson's exposure in the Turkish and Norwegian markets is huge, says Dawid Myslinski of Swedish invstment analysts Redeye, who assesses the threats...

Bingo in Italy:a false start 16/02/2010

Online bingo was regulated in Italy at the end of December 2009 - but has already been grounded by a court challenge. Lawyer Giulio Corragio of Lovells explains why the hold-up is good news for some...

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