2 August 2017 GPWA Times Newsletter

GPWA TIMES
Announcements
Recognizing July's most active AMs
Hats off to the most active affiliate program representatives in July. We're giving an extra special thanks to Renee from Rewards Affiliates, who was the most active affiliate program representative and continues on the list this month. She will be the featured affiliate program representative on the GPWA home page for the month of August.

Recognition for July's most active members
The GPWA is happy to announce our most active members for July. We're giving extra special thanks to Triple7, the most active poster during the month. His site is being shown on the GPWA home page as the featured site for the month of August.

Industry News
APCW Perspectives: Screwy Skrill and Blackstone bids
What a week for online gambling affiliates. First, payment processor Skrill is now directly competing with affiliates via portal and e-mail marketing. Plus, Blackstone seems to be on a quest to gain majority control of the entire industry.

Intertops sending lucky players to St. Maarten
By competing in a series of daily tournaments starting this week, players can win a Caribbean holiday and a chance to play in the $250,000 WSOPC Satellite Final.

Lottomatica launches program with Income Access
The Rome-based iLottery and iGaming operator has announced an affiliate program for its Italian online gambling web portal.

Earn bonuses with bet365 Live Casino
Players can enjoy Playback Live Casino for the chance to earn a bonus of up to 100 GBP every Tuesday.

Clarion Events acquires Affiliate Summit
The parent company of iGB Affiliate has completed its acquisition of the Affiliate Summit Corporation, which includes the Affiliate Summit tradeshow and conference, as well as FeedFront Magazine and RaveNews.

Amaya Inc. becomes The Stars Group
The company has completed the previously announced name change, as well as a move of its head office from Montreal to Toronto.

Patagonia teams up with FBM Gaming
Twelve of FBM's games, including Champion II, will be added onto the Patagonia platform.

Habanero games go live with BBIN
The supplier has unveiled a landmark deal that will see its collection of HTML5 games available across BBIN's white label sites.

Realistic Games develops Liverpool FC-themed slot
LFC Stars is a three-reel, five-win line slot featuring present Liverpool FC players Roberto Firmino, Georginio Wijnaldum, Adam Lallana and captain Jordan Henderson.

Play'n GO releases Moon Princess online slot
The manga-themed game features a chance to win 100x the total bet and three colorful bonus rounds.

Upcoming Conference

Affiliate Grand Slam1 September 2017
Affiliate Grand Slam
The organizers behind SiGMA are packing up and heading to charming Bucharest, in Romania, for two nights of quality entertainment and networking restricted to 200 hand-picked affiliates and six operators.

AffiliateCon Sofia12-13 September 2017
AffiliateCon Sofia
AffiliateCon offers two days of serious business, with entertaining breaks and outstanding keynote speakers. Hosted in Bulgaria's capital city of Sofia, the location was chosen as much for the buzz as it was for its convenient location and low cost.

Global Gaming Expo3-5 October 2017
Global Gaming Expo
G2E is the world's largest and premier gaming event, where gaming executives, buyers and industry professionals meet each fall in Las Vegas to conduct serious business. It's the most in-depth source of new products, networking, ideas and information on the planet.
Did You Know?
The U.K.'s online gambling market is expected to generate $47.1 billion in revenues this year, and $59.7 billion by 2020.

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Question-of-the-week
Would you sign a TOS from an affiliate?
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Buzzy's World
The BuzzBuzzy has been hard at work this week chasing down the latest industry rumors and gossip. Here's a quick look at Buzzy's top finds:
New MessageUK to tax freeplays
New MessageFanDuel exits the UK
New MessageSpain releases information on shared online poker liquidity
New MessageCould the Bitcoin split hurt wider adoption of the currency?
From The Forums
FEATURED PUBLIC FORUM THREAD
New MessageHold bitcoin or cash?
TheGooner writes:
The Bitcoin split has occurred, and Bitcoin Cash is alive, currently taking around six hours to mine a block. This will be sorted out over time, but for those of us who have picked up new BCH tokens, the immediate question is what to do with them. Will you sell BCH quickly, hold and wait, or buy more? read more
OTHER PUBLIC THREADS
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