GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 15 - January 2011

What do you expect to see in terms of your revenues in 2011? will be the best year ever, or at least better than 2010. That’s the refresh- ingly optimistic gut feeling of almost three-quarters of the GPWA membership, as reflected in our comprehensive first annual GPWA Member Survey. According to the survey, not only are we opti- mistic, we’re also well educated – the majority of us have a B.A. or better; split almost evenly between full-time and part-time affiliates; and industrious – half of us operate more than five sites, do it solo and are too busy to attend any online gambling conferences. Taking a closer look at the chart below reveals that affiliates who consider their online gam- bling sites to be a part-time endeavor are more optimistic than the more reserved full-time af- filiates. And we found some interesting differ- ences between affiliates and affiliate manag- ers, too. How old are we? Are we men or women? How do we feel about the GPWA and its forums? Are we PC, Beatles and coffee people? Or do we prefer Mac, the Stones and tea? You’ll have to read the survey for the often intriguing and sometimes amazing answers to these and other questions. There’s one thing we can tell you up front, however: only a player survey by the Rugby League International Federation is likely to re- veal more broken noses among its member- ship than we’ve got in the GPWA. 2011 D espite a sluggishworldwide economy, 2010wasn’t that bad for the online gambling affiliates who answered our survey. More than 46 percent of our affiliates saw revenue growth last year, while just over 25 percent saw revenues decline. Revenue grewmore than 20% 28.6% Revenue grew 5% to 20% 17.5% Stayed the same (within 5%) 14.3% Revenue shrank by 5% to 20% 7.1% Revenue shrank more than 20 % 18.8% Can’t compare year-to- year revenues 16.9% How did your revenue in 2010 compare to 2009?