Russian online gambling crackdown blocks hundreds of sites

[The Buzz]

The official registry of domains blacklisted in Russia saw a substantial update earlier this month, with hundreds more online gambling domains added.

In Soviet Russia, websites block you! (Am I doing that wrong?)

http://pokerfuse.com/news/law-and-re...ackdown-22-04/

[pinkytoe]

Any one got any suggestions of who we can promote to Russian traffic?

I am tempted to post in the Russian forum, but am not sure if it's allowed.

Thanks

Pinky

[ocreditor]

Anyone knows where this blocked sites list can be found online ?

[pinkytoe]

Yep - It's here: http://antizapret.info/org.php?id=6

[webanalysissolutions]

Interesting - note that William Hill and others have been blocked in Russia

Will do some testing with our VPN service that allows us to view sites from Russia

[Moonlight Cat]

Interesting - note that William Hill and others have been blocked in Russia

Yes. And all know this, except William Hill affiliate managers.

[webanalysissolutions]

Yes. And all know this, except William Hill affiliate managers.

Does not surprise me one bit. They did have a lot of Russian banners the last I looked too. The Russian market can be fairly lucrative also. Wonder if those sites that have been blocked will now use it as an excuse to detag players from your affiliate account? It has happened before when sites have pulled out of certain countries/territories.

[Casino Online Rating]

I'm not surprised. It's not the first time Russia blocks online gambling domains.

[YuraK]

"Any one got any suggestions of who we can promote to Russian traffic?"

Europartners, if not afraid, Goldfishka maybe some local casinos.

[ocreditor]

"Any one got any suggestions of who we can promote to Russian traffic?"

Europartners, if not afraid, Goldfishka maybe some local casinos.

Golden Riviera casino is not blocked in Russia
They also have a very trusted affiliate program!

[EastTeam]

Hello, all.

I'm from Russia and Im work with russian traffic. I can say, that this is situation is not problem - all major worldwide casinos registered new domains and business is Ok. William, winner, bet365, Coral and over 70 casinos promoted by me. Less 15 is blocked and did not start to work after some time.

from worldwide Betway, Unibet closed they business in Russia (Unibet not alowed new player, but working with old). Pokerstars is continuing - its one of the best poker room for Russian players.

I can send all casinos, that continuing working and this list is very long. Casinos blocking is not big problem )))

sorry for my English))

[Piedros]

I think much more will follow in the future and i think the Russian government want in the future own state casinos.

[ocreditor]

Hello, all.

I'm from Russia and Im work with russian traffic. I can say, that this is situation is not problem - all major worldwide casinos registered new domains and business is Ok. William, winner, bet365, Coral and over 70 casinos promoted by me. Less 15 is blocked and did not start to work after some time.

from worldwide Betway, Unibet closed they business in Russia (Unibet not alowed new player, but working with old). Pokerstars is continuing - its one of the best poker room for Russian players.

I can send all casinos, that continuing working and this list is very long. Casinos blocking is not big problem )))

sorry for my English))

You say you can access Winner & Bet365 from Russia but I seen them listed in the blocked sites by Russia, how is this possible ?

[pinkytoe]

I assume they set up mirror sites on a domain like (for example) cccxwinner.com that is not blocked by Russian ISP, but still offers the same functions as the winner.com site.

[Tapsino]

How does this blocking affects players? Like, did the bulgarin blockage or this russian ones decreased your revenue?

[EastTeam]

pinkytoe, you are absolutely right!

Winner - new domain.
Bet365 - sub-domain. Ocreditor, I send you it through PM (for safety reasons)).

They are all working))

Topsino, my main rev share is from Novomatic-soft casinos specialising for Russian market. They have any mirrors and automatic redirect for workink domaind\IPs. I have'not problem. BUT some top-affiliatec sites blocked. Its bed news. In this reasons, I'll make 3 new sites this year (my main site is not listed in my signature).

Novomatic is most popular in Russia, because it was in each city, when landing-based casinos worked.

[ocreditor]

pinkytoe, you are absolutely right!

Winner - new domain.
Bet365 - sub-domain. Ocreditor, I send you it through PM (for safety reasons)).

I appreciate it. thanks !

[excel.ashutosh]

It will definitely going to make an impact..as many casinos get good Russian traffic..I hope that the breakdown is gradual...

[Moonlight Cat]

Hello, all. I'm from Russia and Im work with russian traffic. I can say, that this is situation is not problem - all major worldwide casinos registered new domains and business is Ok. William, winner, bet365, Coral and over 70 casinos promoted by me. Less 15 is blocked and did not start to work after some time.

This is not a problem, before Russian government don't block your affiliate site. Russian govermant don't block only online casinos and sportsbooks.
They also block affiliate sites too. By Russian Supreme Court Decision (September 2013) all sites that contain information about online gambling and the other forms of illegal gambling, must be blocked. I know several GPWA Members, who work on Russian-speaking market and they affiliate sites was blocked.

[Moonlight Cat]

You say you can access Winner & Bet365 from Russia but I seen them listed in the blocked sites by Russia, how is this possible ?

This is possible, because "Blacklist" System in Russia is still testing. The "Black List" update 2 times a day (09 a.m. and 09 p.m. Moscow Time), and all Russian internet providers must check this "Black List" and block sites. But in reality, some providers do it manually. But i think government fix this problem soon.

This is not a system against only gambling sites. This is a system for total censorship in internet. Now this system works in test mode. Russian goverment try to create somthing like "Golden Sheeld" in Mainland China. If you don't know what is this, please spend several minutes and read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Shield_Project


Russian Goverment at this moment want to create the more strongest system. There are rumors, that they want to create within next several years "Russian Entranet". This is really dangerous.