Gambling Affiliate Program Meeting

During the month of March the Gambling Affiliate Program introduced the newest edition of their community organization and affiliates. They recently held their inaugural meeting that they will very appropriately called the Annual General Meeting which was held on Sunday March 29th. This particular even coincided with the Casino Affiliate Convention 2009 which was shortly after the Annual General Meeting. The meeting was held at the famous NH Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel in Amsterdam. This meeting was considered to be a very high priority to attend by the over eighty programs that registered for the event and actually attended to discuss the problems of the online casino industry and some of the requirements that need to be set in the world of online casinos.

The operators from this event saw a need for events such as this one because of all of the instability shown by the Casino Affiliate Programs. The reason why this even needed to be called was to get the heads of the online casino industry on the same page before some of the more pressing conventions. There is a need for the online casino industry to become more unified and take a common stance. There were people in attendance that definitely had their own agendas but over all the major topics were able to be discussed thoroughly. There was a general consensus reached on affiliate communities, conferences, issues, events and certification of online casinos.

The Affiliate Director of the online casino event, Shaun O’Neil released some statements regarding the internet gambling event before the event took place. He said: "Unfortunately, we believe it is questionable to think that CAP and PAP will be able to operate effectively without a management team that has proven integrity, and until this rift is dealt with and all the facts are known. Perhaps what the industry needs is an independent non-profit organization providing certification and related services, along the lines that Microgaming spearheaded with Ecogra for Operations Certification, i.e. an organization funded by the operators with common pricing and clear rules and a code of conduct. We would certainly be interested in participating or being in the forefront of such an initiative."