Everyone loves reading good content, and we know that it’s sometimes hard as an affiliate to keep up with writing enough of it to keep all that traffic coming to your site. During a busy day, being able to grab some quick high-quality content can be like gold.

On a weekly basis, the Income Access affiliate team will send out some great original poker content to all of the affiliates in the Ladbrokes Poker program, courtesy of Ladbrokes. It will feature fresh, interesting articles each week that you can use to help promote the brand.

You’ll find advice from pro players, updates from Ladbrokes-sponsored players Nebuchad and John “Skalie” Kalmar, the latest Ladbrokes news and promotions, and anything else that is fresh and relevant!

Keep an eye on your inbox, and if you would like to join the Ladbrokes Poker affiliate program in Income Access visit the Ladbrokes Poker Affiliate Signup page, or for more information email the Ladbrokes Affliliate Team at ladbrokesaffiliates@incomeaccess.com

Affiliate software should do a lot more than just calculate commissions. The calculations need to be transparent, and affiliates also need reports they can use to analyze the performance of their campaigns and optimize them.

In the latest episode of Coffee with Nicky, our CEO, Nicky Senyard, discusses precisely what affiliates should look for in the software that powers the programs they promote. From overall transparency to the specific reports they need to optimize their online marketing efforts, Nicky emphasizes that the software behind a program is an affiliate’s life-blood because it tracks and calculates all their revenues.

UIGEA created a landscape of turmoil and strife for online operators facing the US nearly 3 years ago.  Since this time there have been politicians and industry players lobbying  to counteract this act, which in truth has made for interesting speculation -  Is the US going to legalise igaming or what?

News from Harrah’s stating that they launched their Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment (HIE) group in May and the activism by its new CEO for igaming in the US has raised curiosity again for those following the sector.  From Garber’s perspective, the onus is on the industry to demonstrate that it that can ‘be properly regulated, and that the technology exists to alleviate concerns about money laundering or age verification’.

Other developments that are pushing anti UIGEA include; Barney Frank’ s bill, EU pressure and legal action from Interactive Media and Gaming Association. With Barney Frank’s anti- UIGEA bill it is suggested that it could be voted on in September - after all the good old folks from congress come back from summer break.

Over the years we have seen different forms of activism come and go.  So, at the end of the day who the ‘bleep’ knows?  All we can do is have playful speculation:  Less than year, five years or never.  What are your thoughts?

If you would like to have some fun with this topic, then take our poll on betweendrinks: How long before the US will open up to online gaming?

Bingo.com is proud to announce the recent opening of not one…not two…but THREE new bingo rooms for your players!!  Bingo.com really makes it easy for affiliates to promote and attract new players by providing two free bingo rooms and a brand new beach-themed 90 ball bingo room for players to win big in.

Your players will fall in love with free bingo in Cupid’s Free Bingo room.  This room is giving away more than £7,000 in cash jackpots all month long. No deposit is necessary, and all players are welcome to play in this fun new room, where pots are £2 and cards are absolutely free. Now that’s what you call free love!

Rover’s Free Ride is the other free bingo room that opened up earlier this month. This room is open daily from 6pm – 7pm GMT with £10 pots. That is 13 hours per day of free bingo fun and £10,000 in jackpots this month!

Playing bingo will be like spending a day at the beach with Bingo.com’s latest 90 ball VIP room, Beach Party Bingo. With £1,000 jackpot hours every night in this room between 10pm – 11pm GMT, as well as ten £500 jackpot games on Thursdays and Fridays at 10pm GMT throughout the month.  There is a £10,000 jackpot up for grabs, so tell your players to join Bingo.com all month long for fun in the sun – no sunscreen required!

If you have any questions and/or would like additional content about these new bingo rooms, please send an email to affiliates@bingo.com.  It’s a great time to get involved in the Bingo.com affiliate program!! Sign up here and benefit from great promotions like these ones.

Great news for poker players and poker affiliates, CircusPoker.co.uk  is offering its players the chance to win a package to the Asian Poker Tour Macau main event in August worth a massive $8,000.

If you haven’t started promoting  for this program yet, this is should be a good reason to do so:)

The Package:

The package includes:

• $4000+$300 buy-in to the WSOP Main Event, Aug 19th – Aug 23rd, 2009
• $1,000 for 7 night’s accommodation and breakfast at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Macau (Aug 17th – Aug 24th, 2009)
• $100 for an exclusive iPoker party – August 18th, 2009
• $270 for registration fees
• Up to $2,330 for flights and spending
• Total Package Value - $8,000

More information on how to qualify and T&C’s can be found here.

Circus Casino was the first Genting Alderney brand to launch its affiliate program with the Income Access network earlier this year. One of the world’s largest poker communities, Circus Casino features over 150 games. New players at CircusCasino.com can enjoy up to £550 in free welcome bonuses, including a £400 poker welcome bonus. There is also up to £75 free every month, and 10% deposit bonuses on Mondays. On “Wild Wednesdays” players earn double comp points in the casino.
Affiliates enjoy 45% rev share commission for first three months, in addition to bonuses offered on monthly basis.
This is also a chance to start promoting their 2nd Tier, we expect a huge interest from new affiliates.

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Site: Online Casino Reports
Slogan: Where Gamblers Meet
Blog: http://blog.onlinecasinoreports.com/

OCR is a player portal that’s been around since the beginning of online gaming. In addition to industry news, the site also features video, forums, a directory, a player community, and countless other resources that players can use to stay up-to-date with the latest developments in online gaming.

Well, we recently had a chance to chat with Daniel, the Editor of OCR, some questions about their business. He took the time to tell us about how OCR got started out so many years ago, always puts players first, and some of the challenges they’ve overcome in recent years.

As an affiliate, what is the single most important rule you stick to, to ensure success?
The basic rule by which we abide, the first and most important thing we do before promoting any brand on the site, is check it out for ourselves in terms of the product’s quality. This may include several aspects from the player’s perspective, such as the product’s reliability, usability, customer support, a wide selection of payment issues and timely payouts, the product’s profile in terms of smooth and licensed operation and spam free policies.

How did you first get involved in the business?
Online Casino Reports was among the very first web portals in the industry. Over 10 years have passed since… Generally, most of the members of our team have been involved in the online gambling business from Day 1, some with the company and others with Playtech products of the mid to late 90s and others.

What do you most enjoy about your job?
The online gambling scene constantly changes. It requires an up-beat tempo and keeping our fingers on the pulse. We constantly seek new partners and clients, update information we already have, and upgrade our own site and technology accordingly, trying to keep a step or two ahead of the pack.

Tell us a story about some of the challenges you have faced as an affiliate ?
A few years ago, with the video boom that hit the Web as a whole, we were pioneers in bringing rich-media, video content to the industry. From setting up a studio - green screen and proper lighting, through training with cameras and expensive equipment, the videos we’ve done here in the studio have carried the site to new levels and our team members around the world in producing videos for online gambling.

What do you enjoy most about working with Income Access?
As an affiliate, we find Income Access to be a reliable partner on the other end to work with. More than simply being friendly, the contacts we find at IA are such that we can count on, making work enjoyable and efficient.

About Online Casino Reports

Online Casino Reports connects people around the world who share a common interest - online gambling. The website was founded in 1997, becoming the largest portal in the gambling world, including news, reviews, a discussion forum and other services for players and industry insiders.

Devilfish is pleased to announce their BIG plans for the summer starting with: The World’s Biggest Rake Chase!

With a headline figure of “more than €1.7 Million in prizes” this promotion should really arouse interest amongst your players and drive sign-ups and revenue. The promotion is made up of 3 separate rake chases with players earning cash prizes for reaching VIP Point targets each month.

For full details of the promotion please visit The World’s Biggest Rake Chase page.

This promotion runs in addition to our deposit bonuses and monthly cashback giving players increased value for the months of July, August and September.

In addition to this huge summer promo Devilfish has also launched a choice of three new sign up bonus options for all players:

Players can now choose Free Cash Bonuses, Free Poker Tracking Software (PokerTracker3) or Poker Training Membership (PokerSwat) when they sign up. If you would like to offer these sign up bonuses to your players you can use bonus codes. Please contact the Devilfish affiliate team for more details.

Finally Devilfish is also offering more than €10,000 in freerolls from now until the end of September. The Summer Sizzlers Freerolls run every Tuesday at 8pm (9pm CET) with a €666 Prizepool and free €10 entry to the Devilfish Bounty for the top 6 players each week.

With these promotions we hope to stimulate a large amount of activity during the summer lull period and with your help we should see an increase in revenues giving you improved affiliate commissions.

If you require any graphics/content to help you promote the World’s Biggest Rake Chase, the Summer Sizzlers or our new choice of sign up bonuses login to the Banner Manager and retrieve the new creative or contact the affiliate team at affiliates@devilfishpartners.com.

Bingo Roulette - tombola’s newest game has been awash with jackpot winners since it was launched two months ago with over £180,000 paid out to jackpot winners.  However this figure is bound to get bigger as for one week only they’ll not be doubling it or tripling it, they’ll be offering jackpots five times bigger!

In the Bellagio room, where the tickets are 50p, the jackpot has jumped from £2,000 to £10,000! From 8am on Monday 29 June to 8am on Monday 6 July the main jackpot will jump from £2,000 to be five times bigger meaning the biggest jackpot will be a massive £10,000.

Bingo Roulette and all of tombola’s other games are unique to tombola, you won’t find them anywhere else offering players a truly unique playing experience.  This ensures great player retention which means higher net revenue for affiliates.

If you’re not already a tombola affiliate, and you want to promote tombola, you can join the affiliate programme here. tombola offers great player conversion and retention, with a very competitive commission structure of up to 50% rev-share and up to £35 CPA per player.  If you need to know anything else about the programme, please email us at affiliates@tombola.co.uk.

Income Access is proud to congratulate its affiliate software partner Virtue Fusion!  At the Bullet Business Bingo Summit last week Virtue Fusion won best Bingo Software at the award ceremony.  Bob McCulloch, Chief Executive Officer for Virtue Fusion was thrilled with the win and believed that their success was attributed to their firm’s ability to continually evaluate their customers’ needs.

Income Access is really pleased that Virtue Fusion recieved recognition in this field, providing quality software to players is an important aspect in acquiring and retaining quality players.  And as far in as affiliates are concerned it assists in thier conversions and performance within an affiliate program.  For more information about the affiliate programs for Virtue Fusion and brand partners (like Bunny Bingo) please visit: http://www.incomeaccess.com/software_c.asp.

Great news from Genting Alderney: CircusCasino.com and CircusCasino.co.uk just launched Chinese version of their casino.

Now Chinese affiliates can fully promote this very well know UK brand.

Circus Casino was the first Genting Alderney brand to launch its affiliate program with the Income Access network earlier this year. One of the world’s largest poker communities, Circus Casino features over 150 games. New players at CircusCasino.com can enjoy up to £550 in free welcome bonuses, including a £400 poker welcome bonus. There is also up to £75 free every month, and 10% deposit bonuses on Mondays. On “Wild Wednesdays” players earn double comp points in the casino.
Affiliates enjoy 45% rev share commission for first three months, in addition to bonuses offered on monthly basis.
This is also a chance to start promoting their 2nd Tier, we expect a huge interest from new affiliates.

Disclaimer: Circus Casino does not accept players based in China.

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