Interesting to see who got it right with a month to go – So reviewing mine below
In 2011 we will see
1) A number of the US facing operations tightening their belts or disappearing altogether (Much more than I though, but tick)
2) Mobile Gaming happening properly (Please!) (Tick)
3) Sportingbet to merge or be aquired (So so so close, dam you Ladbrokes pulling out Cross)
4) Some really long and pointless conspircy theory threads in a number of affiliate forums (Yep but predictable – Tick)
5) The removal of lifetime revenue from a number of major programs (nope and good news I wasn’t right – Cross)
6) someone will suggest almost every country in the world as a “good” place for a conference (Indeed, best one I got was Ghana the other day – Tick)
7) WMS will start to licence their software to other operators (almost there but no cigar – Cross)
Everyone will continue to talk about how much can be made in S. America and Asia if there wern’t payment issues (Tick)
9) Calvin Ayre’s 50th at the iGaming Super Show will be the craziest and oddest party ever seen in iGaming (Definitely odd and definitely crazy – Tick)
10) Google will focus a lot more on quality content in their algorithm (See Panda – Tick)
11) Social games and virtual money will become a major focus for iGaming operators and affiliates (Huge focus and will only get bigger, watch this space for a big announcement in the next 8 weeks – Tick)
12) France will sort its licencing out and also regulate casinos (Nope, grrrrrr – Cross)
13) A household name (probably a media company) will enter the iGaming market (still not there – Cross)
14) I won’t manage to buy a single ticket for the Olympics (Bloody correct!!!! -Tick)
15) A number of older CAP members that disappeared in 06/07 will start to make a reappearence (slowly but surely they are emerging from the mess of UIEGA – Tick)