3 April 2013 GPWA Times Newsletter

GPWA TIMES April 3, 2013
Announcements
Recognition for March's most active members
The GPWA is happy to announce our most active members for March. We're giving extra special thanks to lowrisk, one of the most active posters for the month. His site will be featured on the GPWA home page for the month of April.

Recognizing March's most active AMs
Hats off to the affiliate program representatives who were most active in March. We're giving special thanks to Maria from Crazy Rewards, who was our most active representative. She will be the featured affiliate program representative on the GPWA home page in April.

Industry News
Ian Simpson wins tournament, gets engaged
Tuesday will be a day to remember for Ian Simpson, as he won the Paddy Power Poker Irish Open, 265,000 euros and asked his girlfriend to marry him

Slotland pays out largest jackpot in site's history
A father of three won a record-breaking $266,800 earlier this month playing the Carnival slots game.

BetVictor Poker SNG challenge returns
Sit 'N' Go players who opt in get eight chances to share a 50,000-euro prize pool in April.

Golden Riviera Casino introduces two new games
The casino has added two new titles to its collection: Piggy Fortunes and European Blackjack Redeal.

Ultimate Gaming to partner with Income Access
Ultimate Gaming, a real-money and social games provider and sister company to Station Casinos, has partnered with Income Access to market its gaming products.

Bingo Hall offers big prize pools in April
With fun tournaments every week and the Relaxing SPA Raffle, Bingo Hall is the place to be in April.

UFXMarkets makes forex trading accessible to all
UFX Markets has now made its website available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese.

Casino La Vida to offer new games
A new slot game and a new table game both arrive at Casino La Vida this month.

UFX Markets adds stocks to its trading portfolio
UFX Markets gives traders the chance to trade the stocks of some of the biggest companies worldwide.

Upcoming Conference

ionSearchApril 18-19 (Leeds, Yorkshire)
ionSearch
ionSearch is one of the U.K.'s leading search and social marketing conferences. The two-day conference includes three tracks of workshops, panels and talks, and speakers from the U.K., Europe and U.S. will be participating.

Global iGaming Summit & ExpoApril 23-25 (San Francisco)
Global iGaming Summit & Expo
Meet the most influential land-based, iGaming and lottery executives in charge of shaping their online gaming strategies and make sure you don't stay behind your competitors, all gearing up to capitalize on the emerging U.S. market.

Online Bingo SummitMay 1-2 (London)
Online Bingo Summit
The Online Bingo Summit is the key industry event for the online bingo vertical. If you want high level discussion, unrivaled networking and quality insight into the future of the industry this is the only event to attend.

Amsterdam Affiliate ConferenceJune 12-13
Amsterdam Affiliate Conference
The Amsterdam Affiliate Conference is part of the iGaming Super Show, and more than 1,250 affiliates are expected to be in attendance. The AAC will feature exhibitions and networking events with the elite in iGaming in a city that is like no other. The event mixes business with pleasure and you cannot afford to miss it.
Did You Know?
The first World Series of Poker Asia Pacific begins on Thursday. The five-event series is capped by a $10,000 no-limit Hold'em Main Event on Thursday, April 11.

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Question-of-the-week
How did the first quarter of 2013 compare with the fourth quarter of 2012?
If you compare revenue from the first quarter of 2013 (January to March) to revenue from the fourth quarter of 2012 (October to December), how did it change? Did it get better, stay the same, or get worse for you? How much do you think the changes you saw between the two quarters is due to general economic conditions, how much is related to changes in the online gaming affiliate marketplace, how much is related to seasonal fluctuations and how much is related to changes in what you are doing? View poll
Last week's poll results: Excluding Google, which search engine brings you the most traffic? View poll
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