GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 37 - February 2017

law. So it hasn’t changed – I mean, first I was thinking that I needed to hide so that my websites are hosted outside of Germany and that I need an address in the U.K. But nowadays I don’t have to feel that anymore. They still don’t have a law which says in particular what is OK and what is not. The EU is taking care of all that, and I think it’s a good idea. What are some of your sites’ unique selling points? How do you stand out from the crowd? My sites are written in informative language – not in an ag- gressive advertorial way, like “This is the best; play here and win big.” It’s more informative, which I think is the best way to reach players and to get them to play for money. Everybody knows that it’s Germany’s online gaming laws have changed a lot in the past few years, and some of them were deemed un- constitutional by the EU earlier this year. Has the legal landscape of online gaming in Germany impacted your business? If so, how? As far as I know it is still not legal to host a gambling website in Germany. Impacted? Not really. I make the same websites looking at the legal landscape in Germany or the EU laws. Well, the German law says that an on- line casino that is advertised in Germany needs to be licensed in Germany. This was all before online casinos came up and before we had the European Union. Now the European Union overrules that gambling. I try to tell people anything that has to do with the casinos and the games, so they want to come back to my website and they remember that it’s a good one. I write about game rules and strategies and the history of the games. I also offer browser games that are free to try. I have one page that has some good luck sayings and some quotes and stuff like that. Do you have employees, or is your affiliate business a solo operation? It’s solo. I don’t have employees, but I hire other companies and freelancers. I do most of the SEO myself, but I used a writer, a web designer and a hosting company to help me produce the best possible product. AGE fact sheet Favorite Food sites Must-Read Book 46 Seafood cyberspacegambling.com high-roller-gambling.com onlineflashcasinos.com onlinespielbanken.com …and about 25 others. The Music of Chance , by Paul Auster w w w . g p w a t i m e s . o r g 47