I met Jeremy Palmer last week at the monthly meeting of the Rocky Mountain Affiliate Marketing Association (RMAMA) a really exciting and up and coming organization, more on them later. Jeremy was recently featured speaker at Commission Junction University and it was great to meet him. His blog on Revenews.com has been added to the blogroll on AffGoo. His most recent article is an excellent example of his experience and expertise:
Ready Your Battle Stations – Casino Affiliates are Coming by Jeremy Palmer
Online gaming has always been in a precarious situation in the United States. While it’s technically never been legal to gamble online from US soil, the federal government had pretty much turned a blind eye to it… until this year.
Just two months ago David Carruthers, former CEO of BetOn Sports (I would link to it, but I don’t want to go to jail), was arrested while changing planes in the U.S. Then last month Peter Dicks, the former Sportingbet chairman, was picked up at Kennedy International Airport on a warrant. These arrests coupled with increased rhetoric from Capitol Hill lawmakers officially put the online gaming companies on notice.
Last week congress hammered the last nail in the coffin by passing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (I would link to it, but I know you’re not going to read it), which essentially bans online gambling in the United States by making it illegal for banks to accept transactions from online gaming sites.
To read the entire, click here.
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