2 January 2019 GPWA Times Newsletter

GPWA TIMES
Announcements
Recognition for December's most active members
The GPWA is happy to announce our most active members for December. We're giving an extra special thanks to DanHorvat, one of the most active posters during the month. His site is being shown on the home page for the month of January as the featured site. Congratulations!

Recognizing December's most active AMs
Congrats to the most active affiliate program representatives in December. We're giving an extra special thanks to Renée, who was the most active affiliate program representative and continues on the list. She will be the featured affiliate program representative on the GPWA home page for the month of January. Well done, Renée!

One too many?
In the October 2018 edition of the GPWA Times Magazine, Lorien Pilling explains about how determining the right number of gaming licenses in a market is more complicated than you might think.

Industry News
Gov. Rick Snyder vetoes Michigan online gaming bill
Last Friday, the Michigan governor vetoed nearly 40 bills, including House Bill 4926, which would have legalized intrastate gaming from Michigan's state commercial and tribal casino operators.

Microgaming content now live in Sweden
Microgaming's top operators have already received their licenses and are now live with Microgaming's content in Sweden, following the new regulatory framework that came into effect on 1 January.

Knockout Gaming signs deal with Scout Gaming
Scout Gaming's products are expected to launch on Knockout Gaming's brands during the first half of 2019.

Global Gaming and Zimpler enter agreement
Global Gaming's subsidiary SafeEnt Ltd plans to go live with Zimpler during the first quarter of 2019 on existing brands in Sweden.

SBTech appoints Gavin Isaacs as Chairman
Isaacs joined SBTech today and will use his 20 years of gaming experience across a series of senior management positions to further grow the company's expanding U.S. presence.

Upcoming Conference

Affiliate Summit West6-8 January 2019
Affiliate Summit West
Held at Paris Las Vegas, Affiliate Summit will bring thousands of attendees -- affiliates, networks, merchants, agencies and vendors -- together to meet, network, do business and learn industry best practices.

ICE Totally Gaming London5-7 February 2019
ICE Totally Gaming London
Bringing together international operators and suppliers from the betting, bingo, casino, lottery, mobile, online, social and street gaming sectors over three days, ICE Totally Gaming offers unrivaled opportunities to visitors and exhibitors alike.

London Affiliate Conference6-9 February 2019
London Affiliate Conference
LAC is one of the most popular iGaming affiliate events in the world! Its conference sessions aim to provide a wealth of information with panels, presentations and exclusive insights from expert speakers.
Did You Know?
Bet365, Stars Group and Kindred are seen as the operators that will likely experience the most revenue growth over the next 12 months, according to the December 2018 issue of Online Gambling Quarterly magazine.

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Question-of-the-week
Did your affiliate earnings increase or decrease in 2018 compared to 2017?
New GPWA member "casinobingofriends" chimed in with a poll this week, asking about 2018 affiliate earnings as compared to 2017. In addition to voting in the poll, please tell us what the percentage increase or decrease was, and what the best and worst performing affiliate programs were for you. View poll
Last week's poll results: Will 2019 be better than 2018? View poll
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 MessageScary statistics from AFP article about problem gambling
New MessagePlaytech to pay 28 million euros following Israeli tax audit
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From The Forums
FEATURED PUBLIC FORUM THREAD
New MessageGerman player value
Toni writes:
I noticed a major decrease in German player value over the last 12 months. When I started several years ago, the average affiliate earning per German player was €500. When I only take new players from this year the average went down to something like €50-60. Is it just me having no luck, or are the programs reducing the numbers with fees like crazy? read more
OTHER PUBLIC THREADS
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