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Now that Apple have introduced their new iPad to the world, the ever-changing world of online poker and gambling could be set to undergo yet another futuristic transition. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the successful completion of the tablet computer in a press conference on Wednesday, around a decade after work on it began, and despite having canceled the project twice in the past. With a 9.7 inch (25 cm) multi-touch screen and starting at a price of $499, this wondrous new piece of technology will prove massively popular when it is released in US stores in March. And given that it effectively has most of the features of a laptop or smart phone, users could now be presented with the opportunity to play online poker wherever they go, providing they have the necessary Wi-Fi or 3G coverage. At present players would obviously be limited to browser-based casinos, but given that online casinos have already developed software for Apple's previous success story - the iPhone - there is no reason to suggest they won't also do so for the iPad. If poker operators can successfully develop software for the iPad's unique multi-touch screen format - and there is no doubt they will - then combined with the claimed 10 hour battery usage, poker and iPads are set to become the perfect match for each other.
Online Casino Reports was the official video sponsors of the 2010 London Affiliate Conference (LAC). This is the summary video of the affiliate marketing event. Over the coming days we will release additional videos from the event, including the iGB Awards and interviews with affiliate program representatives and a poker legend in Doyle Brunson, highlights of the models promoting the various online gambling marketing representatives and more. London Affiliate Conference Over the past weekend, our video team has filmed hours and hours of the event, where super affiliates and webmasters from the industry and from around the world met to network, learn and party. Inspite of the cold weather, affiliates arrived in London for what has by now become a tradition. The summary video captures the celebration, the crowded exhibit floors, educational sessions and popular keynote lectures, as well as the affiliate representatives who were at their respective booths. Highlights Those of you who have been there, remember the flash mob dancers who stormed the aisles several times over the weekend. For you, we caught the dancers on film. (Personal recommendation: watch until the end for swinging dancers.) Also at the event was multiple World Series of Poker bracelets winner Doyle Brunson, and he too appears in the video. Enjoy, and sign up for our YouTube channel for more videos to come.
Betting on the Super Bowl is a classic choice between one team or the other - usually a favorite and an underdog. While the two weeks heading to Super Sunday were much about Peyton Manning ("Is he the greatest?") and his team the colts ("Can we call them a dynasty?"), every single bettor knew the Saints story by heart (franchise's first time on the main stage, a team built after Katrina struck). You couldn't help but see the Colts' superiority. You couldn't help but feel for the Saints. And the odds were there - clear as day - to back the favorites. The end - well we know how the game ended. New Orleans Saints 31 - Indianapolis colts 17. The 7/4 favorites lost. The team once 7 points ahead at the Las Vegas sports books lost. For those that New Orleans has made believers out of, today is a happy day.
The previous gambling affiliate marketing conference held in London on January 2009 was the launch pad for the new William Hill Online company. At this year's event we had the chance to meet with their representative to discuss how the year had passed. The famous UK bookmaker William Hill, a company that has over 2,300 shops across the UK, "went online" one year ago when it merged with various online gambling companies. It has created Affiliates United, arguably the world's largest affiliate network in online gaming and sports betting. Last week, exactly 1 year since the festive launch, our video team met with Yoni Sidi, the VP UK of Sales and Marketing at Affiliates United at the London Affiliate Conference to discuss the year that passed. In this video interview, Mr. Sidi discusses the top gambling software platforms on which its products are based: Playtech - casino, Orbis - sportsbook, Virtue Fusion - bingo, and iPoker - poker network. Sidi also recaps the first 6 months of operation of 21nova casino, improvements made to the affiliate program's backend, and shares his look ahead for 2010.
BrightShare Ltd., which manages the clients of Jackpot Factory, is a well known affiliate program in the online gambling world, and is represented at all of the big affiliate conferences each year. This year was no different as Lloyd Apter, Program Director of BrightShare, was visited by affiliate after affiliate at the meeting room at the London Affiliate Conference. In an interview we held with Mr. Apter, he told us a little bit about the past year, and in greater detail about the year to come, including: New CPA offers Live Dealer upgrades - an upgrade to the existing Microgaming Live Dealer The upcoming launch of Live Betting in a new sportsbetting platform Web-based casino, as opposed to a flash casino that's often offered for instant play New languages including Dutch and Swedish
Aff Europe have one well known online casino in City Club, and another, more recently launched, which is already doing well, Crown Europe. At the London Affiliate Conference it was the affiliate program that the team was determined to promote, and this they did. Aff Europe, as Marc Benezra tells us in this video interview, was the sponsor of the main award of the iGB Awards evening - affiliate of the year. Such exposure goes well with their commitment, also reflected in Affiliate Guard Dog's Platinum Certification granted it soon after it launched. In the interview Mr. Benezra tells us also about a $10,000 monthly prize draw open to all affiliates - no matter how many players they send to their brands, and other promotions and special, personal touches they offer on the affiliate journey with the affiliate program.
Noble Casino was perhaps the big news from Aff Club in 2009, and 2010 is expected to bring us more in the way of mobile gaming, most specifically Casino Las Vegas on the iPhone, but there's more. Richard Clayton of Aff Club, whom our video team has interviewed at the London Affiliate Conference, tells us in this video that the affiliate program views affiliates as their partners. This spells into everything from SEO and design tips to actually helping the affiliates build their sites. Tips and customization aside, Aff Club understands the importance of getting paid promptly and on time, and so they list that at the top of their commitment to affiliates.
The theory that the casino business is a recession-proof industry, as it was hailed in the 80s and 90s, has been disproved-even in Louisiana. For a period of time it seemed that the Louisiana casino industry was immune to the effects of the world economic downturn. While casinos' revenue in the likes of Nevada and New Jersey began dropping in early 2008, Louisiana's casinos continued to do strong business even a year later. This mini-boom in Louisiana has been attributed to Hurricane Katrina. The casinos were benefiting from the relief money that the residents received and the high number of recovery workers who were pouring into New Orleans to help with the reconstruction. However, those times are now over and Louisiana is suffering along with all the others around the United States. Louisiana casinos just have posted a year on year fall in revenue of more than 15 per cent. As unemployment rates have soared, Louisiana households now have less disposable income to spend in casinos. Online casinos seem to have faired the recession better than land based casinos as the costs of such entertainment is lower.
It appears that nothing is out of reach for leading software gaming provider Microgaming. This powerhouse in development, innovation and quality has ensured that players will not go wanting with an extra-special offering - Lord of the Rings video slot. All your favourite characters brought back for an encore Microgaming completed the much-anticipated deal with Warner Brothers Digital Distribution. The agreement allows for Lord of the Rings to be released in an exciting series of video slots adventure games. The trilogy has enjoyed immense success the world over and fans are sure to be excited at the prospect of an adventure game with a mega-jackpot in store. Peter Jackson brought the book to life in his epic productions, and it is the same level of success that Microgaming is looking to provide to online casino players. What players can expect As is standard with Microgaming, players will be enjoying cutting edge graphics and audio in a powerful gaming platform. Plus there are all those loveable characters that folks the world over enjoy so much. Elements of all three movies will be featured including Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Leading online casino operator, JackpotCity Casino will be providing players with this fantastic opportunity to enjoy Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, Sam and Gollum among others. The game's release is sure to ignite a frenzy of avid followers and with plenty good reasons too.
eToro is one of the fastest growing online foreign exchange (forex) trading platforms in the world. However, it has only just captured the attention of forex traders in the United States who seem to have been lagging somewhat behind the worldwide trend. eToro recorded a huge surge in popularity in the beginning of 2010 amongst US forex traders. Foreign exchange is a complicated business even for the professionals and eToro is designed to make the life of forex traders easier. It cuts down the complexity of trading foreign currencies through various unique means such as real-time images and graphs that visualize the trades. The eToro website is user friendly and has in mind the novice trader who is trying forex trading perhaps for the first time. Forex trading is made less intimidating through instructional animations, video tutorials and straightforward financial information. In addition to the latest forex news and market events, the platform also provides its customers with trade history, charts and a system to manage trading orders.
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