In this week's edition of the Weekly Industry Update, intrastate online poker chatter intensifies and Yatahay rebrands as the Winning Poker Network. Be sure to check out these stories and more and this week's PAS Industry Update. More Instrastate Regulation Coming? While a federal online poker bill seems to somewhat of an uphill battle, regulation talk is heating on the state level. Online poker sites will almost certainly be dealing cards to players located in the state of Nevada in 2012 and speculation is that other states are soon to follow after the DOJ reversed their position on the application of the Wire Act to online poker. New Jersey, which last year passed a bill that was vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie, could be next. Yatahay Rebrands as Winning Poker Network: This week Yatahay, the network home of Americas Cardroom and True Poker, announced that they were rebranding to the Winning Poker network. The relatively small U.S. facing network, which has been one of the rooms to see traffic increase over the last year, says the name change is "reflective of [their] industry-leading product offering and proven dedication to the online poker community in the United States." Full Tilt Update: There were no notable updates on the Full Tilt Poker situation over the last week. The AGCC has continued to log complaints from Full Tilt Poker registered players. PokerScout Traffic Update: Online poker traffic was up almost 10% in the first week of January according to PokerScout as poker players returned from their holiday breaks. The upswing was widespread as 9 out of the top 10 sites saw gains. Party Poker saw the biggest gain of the week, up a head-turning 29%, which is enough to reclaim the #2 spot in the world. PokerScout also noted that Italian poker sites are up 30% over the last two weeks. Jottings: Nevada oks private testing of poker sites...IGT plans to buy Double Down Interactive for $500 million, get into social gaming?...Portugal court rules that Bwin,party must pull ads in Portugal...Merge Gaming Network jackpot reaches $1 million, is hit hours later...Potential winners of online gambling...Ex lobbyist says federal poker unlikely...Bwin.Party brings PokerRoom.com back to life.
The network home of True Poker and Americas Cardroom has announced that they have officially changed their name from Yatahay to the Winner Poker Network, a move they say reflects their "industry-leading product offering and proven dedication to the online poker community in the United States." While other top U.S. facing rooms such as Carbon Poker and Bovada garner much of the buzz these days, the network now dubbed Winning Poker has been a quiet success story since the events of Black Friday, or Blue Monday for that matter. According to PokerScout the network has a shade over 200 real money players at the tables during peak times. But this traffic figure comes short of telling the entire story. The low to mid stakes games, for instance, often see just as many players as networks twice the reported size of the Winning Poker Network. The multi-table tournament prize pools tell a similar story. The Sunday guaranteed now fetches a $15,000 prize pool and at the end of January, the Winning Poker Network will be offering a $75,000 guaranteed event. These are prize pools that are competing or exceeding the MTTs offered by Cake Poker and Everleaf, much larger networks according to PokerScout. In addition, the promotional offerings on the Winning Poker Network are also very generous. Not only are players receiving 27% rakeback and a 100% up to $1,000 sign-up bonus at rooms such as True Poker and Americas Cardroom, but players can also participate in a monthly $65,000 Points Race, which provides impressive returns to players that are among the top 275 on the leaderboard. A Secret Santa cash-rewards program was also extended through January. The Winning Poker Network touts themselves as "being the best destination for U.S. players looking for a safe and secure site," but do they live up to the hype? The roots of Winning Poker Network trace back to the flagship room, True Poker. Even though the poker room has maintained a similar size for roughly a decade, they have always seemed to quietly go about their business providing the same respectable, quality service to players. In regards to payouts -- arguably the most important aspect of a poker room for U.S. players today -- they are among the top performers over the last few months. In December's Payment Processing report we gave them a B rating -- 2nd overall -- with non-bounced checks arriving to players' mailboxes within 1-2 weeks. Despite the many positives, the Winning Poker Network clearly falls short in some key areas, at least right now. Sit N Go grinders and non-Hold'em cash game players, for example, are two types of players who likely wont find much appeal in the poker network unless they are playing another poker room simultaneously. Most of the U.S. facing rooms, including the Winning Poker Network, are significantly above where they were at this time last year. While we can't expect a name change to affect a network's success by any significant measure (although I would argue it's an improvement over the confusing and ambiguous Yatahay), monitoring the Winning Poker Network's momentum over 2012 will be something we will be sure to keep an eye on.
Poker Affiliate Solutions has launched our latest rakeback offer, this time from the U.S. facing Americas Cardroom, a site on the Yatahay Network that recently purchased Doyles Room. ACR is gaining a lot of momentum in the online poker world since transferring Doyles Room players to the site last month. They have also been agressive with advertisements on ESPN as well as the Game Show Network. PAS publishers promoting Americas Cardroom rakeback will receive 35% commissions with 27% paid to players in the form of rakeback (8% after rakeback has been paid). So why should I promote Americas Cardroom? --One of the original online poker rooms, ACR launched in 2001 as an independent poker room. --Backed by a financially sound, reputable company --One of more recognizable names on the Yatahay Network (also home of True Poker) --Accepting U.S. players --Better than average payment processing --Good No Limit Hold'em game selection up to $2/$4, with the majority of the action taking place up to $0.50/$1.00 (Bad Beat Jackpot tables are especially popular) --Tournament action is increasing. Players can now take part in a $15k weekly and a daily $4k. Each month, hundreds of thousands of dollars in guaranteed prize pools are offered. What do players receive when signing up at True Poker through a PAS site? --27% Rakeback, Weighted contributed method --Free Poker Coaching through DeucesCracked (for eligible players) --100% up to $1000 sign-up bonus --Monthly Points Race ($65,000 for November). --Occasional Reload Bonuses --$150,000 in guaranteed tournaments each month How do I promote Americas Cardroom rakeback through PAS? ? If you previously promoted Doyles Room, the offer should automatically be available on your site. So if you do not wish to promote Americas Cardroom, make sure to disable the offer in the publisher admin. If the offer is not available on your site and you wish to promote ACR, simply enable the offer from the Rakeback Offers tab. If you are not yet a PAS publisher: Start promoting the Americas Cardroom rakeback offer today, as well as dozens of additional revenue-share and CPA deals from top online poker rooms. Sign-up today and get started in minutes. Where can I receive additional information? We have a provided publishers a helpful FAQ that provides you with answers to the most common questions we see. If you would like more information on the Americas Cardroom rakeback offer, be sure to check out our Americas Cardroom review. If you have any additional questions about PAS or the True Poker rakeback offer, feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help. PAS is always happy to assist you with growing your online poker affiliate. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help.
We're happy to announce that True Poker has returned to PAS with a 27% rakeback offer, providing publishers another option for their U.S. players. True Poker is no stranger to the online poker world having launched in 2001. With some recent acquisitions the network has been one of the fastest growing in online poker over the last year. So why should I promote True Poker? --Established in 2001, backed by financially sound company --Accepting U.S. players --Better than average payment processing --Good cash-game action up to $2/$4, especially up to $0.50/$1.00 --Tournament guarantees increasing. Weekly tournament up to $15k and daily up to $4k What do players receive when signing up at True Poker through a PAS site? --27% Rakeback, Weighted contributed method --100% up to $1000 sign-up bonus --$65,000 November Points Race. PAS players that make a $50 or greater deposit will receive 500 extra points towards the promotion --PAS players receive (2) $250 Freeroll entries --$150,000 in guaranteed tournaments each month How do I promote True Poker rakeback through PAS? ? Existing PAS publishers, can simply enable the offer in the Rakeback tab on the publisher admin. If you previously had True Poker on your rakeback site, it will automatically be added. For those interested in becoming a PAS publisher: Starting promoting the True Poker rakeback offer today, as well as dozens of revenue-share or CPA deals from top rooms. Sign-up today and get started in minutes. Where can I receive additional information? We have a provided publishers a helpful FAQ for answers to some of the basic questions you may have. If you're looking for in-depth information about True Poker or the True Poker affiliate program, check out our True Poker PAS review. For additional questions about PAS or the True Poker rakeback offer, feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help. Of course, we are always here to assist you with growing your online poker affiliate business. Please let us know anytime what we can do to help.
Last week saw Doyles Room end their long run serving U.S. players as players were migrated to the recently reopened Americas Cardroom. In iPoker skin news, Genting Poker decided to ban players from 10 countries in a move that seems isolated to the Genting. These stories and more are a part of this week's Weekly Industry Update. Doyles Room Players Move to Americas Cardroom: Almost five months after Doyles Brunson left Doyles Room, Americas Cardroom has announced that they had purchased Doyles Room and would be migrating players to the rebranded room. The player migration took place in the middle of the week as players moved to fellow Yatahay Network site Americas Cardroom. Players will notice very little difference with the move, even being able to log on to ACR with the same logon details. Americas Cardroom relaunched about a month ago after a hiatus of approximately four years. They originally launched around 2001 as a standalone room using the Dobrosoft software. In the next few years they shared the Dobrosoft software with other rooms before moving to Ongame in 2005 where they remained until shortly after the UIGEA. Full Tilt Poker Updates: : Earlier in the week there were many rumors swirling that the Tapie-Full Tilt Poker was on the verge of collapse. Full Tilt Poker's lawyer denied the reports by saying that reports of the deal being dead "was news to me." If you haven't had chance to check it out, be sure to look at my sit-down with PokerAddict on Full Tilt Poker scenarios complete with betting lines. Genting Poker Leaves Ten Countries: Genting Poker, an iPoker poker room headquartered in Malaysia has decided to ban players from ten countries including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Greece, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Spain. Genting Poker's legal team has determined that it is not fully legal for the company to operate in those jurisdictions. The company has stated that the countries do not represent a large portion of their player base or revenue. Genting Poker's largest market is in the United Kingdom where they enjoy a very favorable legal environment. Latest Traffic Update from PokerScout: According to the latest traffic report from, PokerScout online poker traffic was largely flat with a modest 0.1% increase and 4.7% when not accounting for PokerStars' 8% drop. Party Poker also saw a large increase during the week, up a healthy 7%, putting them 13% above third place iPoker. Jottings: Sportingbet sells Turkish website... AGCC Regulatory practices rely on honor system...British player convicted of threatening online poker staff...Party Poker releases Mac client...$2 million more in online gambling funds seized ...5 year anniversary of the UIGEA...$20 million seized in Swiss accounts...Piggs Peak bans South African players, loses 90% of traffic.
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