PokerStars has withdrawn their real money online poker offering in Israel with immediate effecting citing a ‘commercial assessment’ as the reason, and parent company Amaya Gaming hold their AGM behind closed doors.

When PokerStars launched their online poker product in 2001, few people would have expected it to have grown into the 800 pound Gorilla that currently makes every other online poker site look like a bunch of monkeys.

One of those ‘few’ people would have been the founder Isai Scheinberg, and so it’s not without a sense of irony, that the man who was born in Israel will today hear the news that PokerStars will no longer offer real money online poker in his country of birth.

I guess it shouldn’t come as a complete shock – although that’s scant comfort for the professional grinders who have just heard they are out of a job. Many of whom will be in the World Series of Poker (WSOP), over 7,000 miles away from home, and with no way to withdraw their money from the site.

Lee Davy sits down with the Head of Poker for the Hippodrome in London, Kerryjane Craigie, to talk about her deep run in the World Series of Poker Casino Employee Event; her love for her job, and much more.

Only America has won more bracelets this summer than the UK. We might be crap at politics and football, but we know how to play poker. Benny Glaser has netted a brace, and Phillip McAllister has won one to give the UK three. It could so easily have been four.

[Image Credit: PokerNews]

It seems an eternity since 731 entrants lined up to take part in Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em, and Head of Poker for the Hippodrome Casino in London, Kerryjane Craigie came within a few hands of winning it.

Lee Davy sits down with the Head of Poker for the Hippodrome in London, Kerryjane Craigie, to talk about her deep run in the World Series of Poker Casino Employee Event; her love for her job, and much more.

Only America has won more bracelets this summer than the UK. We might be crap at politics and football, but we know how to play poker. Benny Glaser has netted a brace, and Phillip McAllister has won one to give the UK three. It could so easily have been four.

[Image Credit: PokerNews]

It seems an eternity since 731 entrants lined up to take part in Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em, and Head of Poker for the Hippodrome Casino in London, Kerryjane Craigie came within a few hands of winning it.

After Iceland inflicts a humiliating defeat against England at Euro 2016. Lee Davy gives you seven reasons why England not only failed to beat Iceland but neglected to put in a decent performance in any of their games.

Iceland humiliated England.

I get it.

I do.

After Iceland inflicts a humiliating defeat against England at Euro 2016. Lee Davy gives you seven reasons why England not only failed to beat Iceland but neglected to put in a decent performance in any of their games.

Iceland humiliated England.

I get it.

I do.

This is a guest contribution by James Isherwood, Editor and Lead Games Analyst at Slotsquad.co.uk. If you would like to submit a contribution please contact Bill Beatty for submission details.

Footballers like shots on target, but they prefer goals, affiliates like registrations, but they need First Time Depositors (FTD). If we are to survive as affiliates within our own competition and tournament, we need to get more shots on target, create set pieces of marketing and put out the best formation to meet the demands of the player. In affiliate marketing, one of the best ways to increase sales output and FTD performance is by closely following major events and keeping current with the times. It sounds like common sense, but learning how to integrate trending topics with your own marketing efforts requires some tactical thinking. Euro 2016 is just one of the big events happening right now that we can work with to help increase revenues.

Shift content towards the extended demographic

Major sporting events such as Euro 2016 can expand the goal posts for affiliates through an extension of the key demographic as the line between sports betting and casino games becomes finer, advertisement rockets to reach millions and marketing material gets a fine tuning. By taking shots at this wider goal, affiliates can reach customers that were once unchartered, connect with people that were previously unreachable and find common interests through covering more ground. This happens with content and shifting your copy in the direction of the extended demographic.

This is a guest contribution by James Isherwood, Editor and Lead Games Analyst at Slotsquad.co.uk. If you would like to submit a contribution please contact Bill Beatty for submission details.

Footballers like shots on target, but they prefer goals, affiliates like registrations, but they need First Time Depositors (FTD). If we are to survive as affiliates within our own competition and tournament, we need to get more shots on target, create set pieces of marketing and put out the best formation to meet the demands of the player. In affiliate marketing, one of the best ways to increase sales output and FTD performance is by closely following major events and keeping current with the times. It sounds like common sense, but learning how to integrate trending topics with your own marketing efforts requires some tactical thinking. Euro 2016 is just one of the big events happening right now that we can work with to help increase revenues.

Shift content towards the extended demographic

Major sporting events such as Euro 2016 can expand the goal posts for affiliates through an extension of the key demographic as the line between sports betting and casino games becomes finer, advertisement rockets to reach millions and marketing material gets a fine tuning. By taking shots at this wider goal, affiliates can reach customers that were once unchartered, connect with people that were previously unreachable and find common interests through covering more ground. This happens with content and shifting your copy in the direction of the extended demographic.

This is a guest contribution by Martin van Geest, Editor in Chief of MeneerCasino.com. If you would like to submit a contribution please contact Bill Beatty for submission details.

I love gambling. I’ve been playing slot machines since I was six years old (seriously). But lately, I’ve been afraid that I’m committing a terrible sin by playing some of my favorite slot games.

The people who’ve developed those slots are even more guilty. Our wrongdoing? Cultural appropriation.

For those uninitiated in the vernacular of social justice warriors: cultural appropriation means using elements from a foreign culture without permission or providing adequate context. This is seen as especially offensive when the original meaning of the cultural elements is lost or when the elements are simply used for esthetic reasons, as an exotic fashion item.

This is a guest contribution by Martin van Geest, Editor in Chief of MeneerCasino.com. If you would like to submit a contribution please contact Bill Beatty for submission details.

I love gambling. I’ve been playing slot machines since I was six years old (seriously). But lately, I’ve been afraid that I’m committing a terrible sin by playing some of my favorite slot games.

The people who’ve developed those slots are even more guilty. Our wrongdoing? Cultural appropriation.

For those uninitiated in the vernacular of social justice warriors: cultural appropriation means using elements from a foreign culture without permission or providing adequate context. This is seen as especially offensive when the original meaning of the cultural elements is lost or when the elements are simply used for esthetic reasons, as an exotic fashion item.

Casinos in Cambodia‘s border towns are on tenterhooks over Vietnam’s plan to relax restrictions on local residents entering Vietnamese casinos.

Earlier this week, Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance submitted a draft decree that could end the longstanding prohibition on locals in casinos, an inevitability that Cambodian border casinos have nonetheless anticipated with much the same enthusiasm as an adult male converting to Judaism.

The nearly one dozen casinos in the Cambodian town of Bavet, which lies just across the border from Vietnam, are particularly unnerved by this event. Lim Kim Seng, chairman of the Lucky89 Group, told the Phnom Penh Post that his two border casinos “will face a lot of challenges to remain profitable” if Vietnamese punters can gamble in domestic casinos.

Not everyone is ready to fold their tents. Johnny Ferrari, whose Start Live Casino has helped companies like Lucky89 launch online live dealer casino operations, says the online future will remain bright, but only if casinos are willing to think big.

Casinos in Cambodia‘s border towns are on tenterhooks over Vietnam’s plan to relax restrictions on local residents entering Vietnamese casinos.

Earlier this week, Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance submitted a draft decree that could end the longstanding prohibition on locals in casinos, an inevitability that Cambodian border casinos have nonetheless anticipated with much the same enthusiasm as an adult male converting to Judaism.

The nearly one dozen casinos in the Cambodian town of Bavet, which lies just across the border from Vietnam, are particularly unnerved by this event. Lim Kim Seng, chairman of the Lucky89 Group, told the Phnom Penh Post that his two border casinos “will face a lot of challenges to remain profitable” if Vietnamese punters can gamble in domestic casinos.

Not everyone is ready to fold their tents. Johnny Ferrari, whose Start Live Casino has helped companies like Lucky89 launch online live dealer casino operations, says the online future will remain bright, but only if casinos are willing to think big.