Now that the Spanish gaming market has, finally, opened it's time for gaming affiliates to get serious about marketing to Spaniards on their home turf. That means getting a hand on Spanish social media networks that go far beyond Facebook and Twitter. Like most other parts of the Western world, the people in Spain are…
Bewinners and Party Partners are joining forces to create a new affiliate program called bwin.party partners that's touting with global ambitions. An announcement posted on both company websites read, "We’ve launched bwin.party partners – a brand new affiliate program that combines the best of bewinners and PartyPartners. It’s an amazing global affiliate program bringing together…
After months of delays the Spanish Gambling Commission is finally issuing gaming licenses to online gambling companies. According to published reports in the gaming media, licensed sites will be going live on .es sites as soon as Tuesday, June 5. Who's Got Spanish Gamblers So far there's been no official list of companies that were…
[caption id="attachment_22029" align="alignright" width="284" caption="Spain finally seems ready for iGaming."][/caption] The long awaited opening of the Spanish iGaming market has been delayed yet again. Only this time it isn't the Spanish government stalling the process, it's the gaming companies looking for some extra time. As of this writing, an agreement between regulators and the companies…
A forum thread was recently posted about the reality show Dragon's Den and an investor's £200,000 investment in a bingo affiliate. The thread attracted quite a bit of conversation, and so we decided to look into this story. Here's what we found. In 2007, an investor on the BBC2 reality series Dragon's Den threw down…
[caption id="attachment_18785" align="alignright" width="259" caption="Sorry, no free drinks while gambling on Facebook."][/caption] Since the announcement late last year that Facebook is considering offering real money gambling applications the gaming industry has been abuzz with excitement; and why wouldn't they? The prospect of reaching hundreds of millions of Facebook users set off a frenzy of activity…
[caption id="attachment_18692" align="alignright" width="183" caption="Adios, Spain!"][/caption] Spanish gamblers are getting the boot from Bodog Europe by the end of this month. The move is just latest turn in an ongoing drama that's making the Spanish gaming look more like an episode of Survivor than a multi-million dollar industry. No official reason was given for the…
[caption id="attachment_18455" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Spain; home of cathedrals and would-be online gambling"][/caption] Spanish gaming license applicants could hear word on their status in as little as two weeks, according to recent reports in Electronic Gaming Review. But the sudden resignation of Spanish gaming boss Juan Carlos Alfonso Rubio could throw a wrinkle in the process.…
[caption id="attachment_17227" align="alignright" width="323" caption="Cracking the Spanish market is a real fight."][/caption] Spanish gaming laws claimed another victim last week when Microgaming signaled that poker sites running on its network would no longer be allowed to serve Spanish customers. This move comes ahead of the implementation of new gaming laws limiting the Spanish market to…
