In this week's Industry Update, Jon Kyl signals progress on federal online poker bill. At Full Tilt Poker, we gained fresh insight on what may be the cause of the sale progress with GBT. Kyl Says Federal Bill "Possible": Last week we informed readers that Harry Reid was quoted as saying that a federal online poker bill was "making progress." This week, Arizona Senator and staunch online gambling opponent Jon Kyl told the National Journal that "quite possibly something will get done." After the recent DOJ change on the Wire Act, Kyl may be motivated to get something done that bans other forms of online gambling while compromising on online poker. Full Tilt Deal in Trouble?: Subject Poker gave us insight into Chris Ferguson's secret Full Tilt Poker bank accounts that may shed light on why the Full Tilt Poker-GBT has been delayed and may be in danger. According to Subject Poker, Chris Ferguson is trying to get back around $14.3 million that was used towards Full Tilt Poker expenses in the days after Black Friday. In other notable Full Tilt news, Phil Ivey won the$250,000 buy-in event at the Aussie Millions Sunday morning. PokerScout Traffic Update: Traffic was down 2% last week at top online poker sites last week, according to PokerScout. Merge Gaming was the biggest loser of the week, down 10% after a $1 million Bad Beat Jackpot was hit the previous week. PokerScout does note, however, that Merge is up 14% since December. Among other U.S. facing networks, Cake Poker is up 5% while Bodog/Bovada is down 5%. PAS News: Seb Loaiza wins iGB Affiliate Award for Best Affiliate Manager (Non-Traditional). You can watch Seb accept his award here (47 minute mark). Congrats Seb and thanks to all our publishers, fans and affiliates who showed their support over the last two months! In other PAS news, Pokeraddict was interviewed by QuadJacks' Marco Valerio for an engaging one-hour long interview last Monday on the subject of payment processing and other topics. Jottings: Entraction renamed IGT Poker...Nevada regulators talk of future of Nevada intrastate gaming...Online poker worth up to $5 billion to Zynga if they get into online gambling...Hawaii looks to internet gambling regulation...United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold a hearing on online poker on February 9th...
On Thursday evening the 5th annual iGB Affiliate Awards were held in London to coincide with the London Affiliate Conference running from January 26th to January 29th. As we previously reported, PokerAffiliateSolutions was privileged to be on the shortlist in eleven iGB Affiliate Award categories thanks to the support of PAS publishers, affiliates and fans. The competition was extremely stiff in all categories but we are extremely pleased to pass along that Seb Loaiza took down the award for the Best Affiliate Manager in the Non Traditional category. The award is an extremely proud moment for Seb and the rest of PAS, as we feel the award is indicative of our hard work over the last year. The iGB Awards panel spokesman said the following of Seb as he accepted the award: The judges felt that Seb deserved this award as a result of his passion for relationship management, his friendly personality and upbeat demeanor that is evident in all his relationships, whether managing existing clients or establishing new ones. The judges concluded by saying that Seb is an exceptional affiliate manager. He treats all affiliates like he would like to be treated. Congratulations to Seb and the rest of the winners in this year’s 2012 iGB Awards! Thanks again to those of you who showed your support for PAS during the nomination period and thanks to the panel for their consideration. We look forward to continue to serve the internet poker industry in the best way possible in 2012 and beyond.
Each year, the fine people at iGB Affiliate put together an awards ceremony that honors top affiliates in a variety of igaming categories including poker. The awards are seen by the those in the industry as a premier recognition of being a leader in the iGaming community. That is why PAS is pleased to be nominated in a variety of categories including: Best iGaming Affiliate Network- Poker Affiliate Solutions Best Affiliate (Poker)- Poker Affiliate Solutions Best Affiliate Manager (Poker)- Sebastian Loaiza (PAS) Best Affiliate Program (Poker)- Poker Affiliate Solutions Best iGaming Community- Poker Affiliate Solutions This honors demonstrates our innovation, achievements and service within the affiliate industry but we couldn't do it without our valued publishers. Thank you! We are humbled by your support. Voting is now open until December 12th. If you are a fan of PAS or our services, we would appreciate if you could take a few minutes to show your support by recognizing us in the categories we have been nominated. If we didn't live up to your expectations this year, we would also love to hear from you about ways that we can improve in 2012 and beyond. Thanks, PAS Team .
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