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Author: Liam Casey / betonliamcasey

  • Which high profile US-facing Sportsbook is about to pull the US plug?

    Which high profile primarily US-facing sportsbook is about to do a Pokerstars / Full Tilt / UB.com? 1 week, and they will be done with US customers, so I’ve been told. I *bet* the tension is killing you, but my lips are sealed for now.

  • Judge orders end to NFL lockout. $9 billion still up for grabs. Ouch.

    So, for those of you that aren’t into American sport – you may not be aware that one of the biggest commercial cases in terms of player power VS owner power has been playing out over the last few months. It’s the NFL lockout, and there are a lot of dollars involved. (And I’ve put…

  • Canadian media does in-depth profile on elusive Pokerstars founder

    The Canadian broadsheet “The Globe and Mail” has put together a piece on the founder of Pokerstars, Isai Scheinberg. It’s not particularly in-depth, but the the fact that they’ve managed to find out much at all, shows the level of mainstream media interest in the current Poker case. The Globe and Mail compares the Scheinberg…

  • Full Tilt, PokerStars and Absolute Poker: Domain update

    Breaking news: The DoJ is going to return the suspended domain names, in the recent FTP/Pokerstars/UB case. It’s supposedly to allow the companies to facilitate withdrawals and payments back to US players that are looking like they could be waiting until the case is resolved – before they’d get their funds. A full news release…

  • Google insists on not including “do not track”. Is it kinda evil?

    In a previous post I talked about how browser companies, and specifically how Google, were not going to be keen to see legislation introduced that allowed online consumers to opt-out of tracking / cookie storage / etc. I also pointed out that there’d probably be some interesting statements coming out from these companies in terms…

  • My take on the Full Tilt / PokerStars / Absolute Poker ban for US players.

    If Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker (in particular) weren’t so focused on world domination, and trying to one-up each other in terms of player volumes, I think that the events of Friday the 15th of April may not have happened. Why? In the race to keep maintaining player deposits from US customers, and given that…

  • Full Tilt, PokerStars and Absolute Poker owners arrested & charged by feds

    Big news. On Friday, two (as yet unnamed) owners, out of 11, from PokerStars, Full Tilt and Absolute Poker were arrested and  all 11 charged with violating U.S. anti-Internet gambling laws, according to charges filed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. One of the others is due to turn himself in later today. The domain names…

  • My crystal ball for Facebook advertising is working well.

    World domination is ongoing, law suits are pending and one of my Facebook predictions for marketers is coming true. I predicted that the cost of advertising on Facebook would rise (it’s up 40% in the last year) but that click through rates would drop. Ergo, it’s not a great destination for seriously bottom line focused…

  • SEO: Google’s Panda is not being cuddly.

    Google’s latest update of it’s core search algorithm is going to shaft a lot of content farms, poorly designed sites and online destinations that haven’t focused on user experience. There could be big drops for sites that are also heavily reliant on back-links etc from these content farm type sites. Google is quoted as saying:…

  • Uncle Sam Hates Cookies.

    The two John’s (Kerry & McCain) are introducing a bill in the US that’ll give web users the right to demand they not be tracked online. Yes, Uncle Sam hates cookies. “The bipartisan legislation would allow consumers to demand particular websites stop tracking and selling their online behavior. As it now stands, internet surfers are…