GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 41 - July 2018

Bath photo by Valdis Skudre/Shutterstock; Trowbridge photo by Andrew Harker/Shutterstock; Italian food photo by svariophoto/Shutterstock; about A little bit more Dave Sawyer His site is onlinecasinoreviewer.com His favorite book is Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff He is 43 years old He is living in Trowbridge, England His hometown is Bath, England His favorite food is Italian much covered in Teflon when it comes to the nasty comments. How do you decide what casinos to promote? Quite simple: I play at them. Online Casino Reviewer is not a directory – indeed, we have more casi- nos listed in our rogue section than we currently recommend. If they are U.S.-facing casinos or casinos without a UKGC license, and thus I am unable to play there, I build up a rela- tionship with the casino management. I also use sites such as Casinomeister. com and thepogg.com as trusted sourc- es. Being a moderator on Casinomeister also helps, as I get wind via the forum if there are issues with particular casinos that affect players. What’s the most difficult thing about running your site? What’s the best thing about running your site? It is a labor of love. Writing the content and keeping OCR fresh is enjoyable, albeit time-consuming. The hard part is dealing with those assholes who scrape content, setting up multiple sites using said scraped content, then cloaking it and pushing it to other portals. It is time-consuming but necessary to keep on top of this. Last time we spoke, we asked you to give some advice to someone just starting out in the industry. Would you still give the same advice? Is there anything you’d add? Identify which as- pect of the industry you want to focus on. Continually increase your knowledge – be reading resources such as the GPWA. Net- work with your peers and enjoy what you do. Do not expect to get rich soon, though! What do you do to stay in shape – both physically and mentally? I quit smoking nearly four years ago and shed a few pounds, which both have had a positive impact. I’ve also taken up karate last year. I’ve done this to challenge my son, who has been attending karate classes for some three years now. I amcatching himup, though, as I have ded- icated one on one sessions each week, with my son’s fifth dan instructor. Maybe next time you interviewme, I will be a black belt! What do you do with your spare time? What spare time? Part of a family of four, two children and also a dog. Spare time? I wish! What did you dream of doing, both professionally and personally, when you were a kid? Footballer, but I was and still am pretty rubbish at it. If you won $10 million playing the lottery tomorrow, what would you do? Easy question. Pay off the mortgage and that of my immediate family mem- bers. Invest the rest. If someone from out of town were visiting you, what’s the one place you’d definitely take them to see? The pub! No, if they were interested, as I live in a beautiful part of England, there are many places. Bath is just down the road, as is Stonehenge. If you were stranded on a desert is- land, what three items would you take with you? Laptop, so I could continue working. iPod for music. My vape gear. I’ve got to have access to my vaping equipment. What’s your all-time favorite movie? There are too many, seriously. But if a gun were put to my head, I would say a toss-up between The LongGood Friday and Psycho . If you could invite any five people, living or dead, to dinner, who would they be? My mum and dad who sadly are no longer here. My best friend Dave, again who is no longer here. My two chil- dren as well, as my mum only met my son when he was 10 days old before she died and never got to see my daughter. Name three things that people reading this magazine don’t know about you. 1. I was an extra in the television pro- gram Robin of Sherwood when I was 8 years old. 2. I’ve appeared on the BBC Television quiz program Eggheads with my mum, dad, brother and sister. 3. I’ve been a vegetarian for 30 years. 57 W W W . G P W A T I M E S . O R G Dave Sawyer | webzcas