This past week, the online gambling industry lost one of it's best. Allan Leonard, affectionately known as the "Captain", was a well respected and loved member of the affiliate community. His passing was a horrible end for a man who spent his life blessing others with kindness. He will be greatly missed, especially by his many friends in this business.

YouTube - Remembering Allan Leonard: APCW Perspectives Weekly for August 6th, 2010;

The 200th installment of Perspectives Weekly looks at the launch (and crash) of the first legal and regulated online gambling site in Canada! Not only that, but Barney Frank brought his new online gaming bill to committee this week! It's one a heck of a show!

YouTube - Online Gambling Goes Live in Canada! APCW Perspectives Weekly for July 23rd, 2010

I know I have been pretty silent lately, aside from getting mixed up in the various hot threads or debates on PAL. But I figured I should make a blog post about what has been on my mind lately...and actually always.

The topic is creating multiple streams of income. This is such an important concept for every affiliate or entrepreneur to understand. Throughout your career, money will come and go. Some deals will be good for a while and then disappear. Sadly, I have had plenty...

Another day, another scandal....

So, a few months ago Poker Table Ratings reported that Cereus Poker Network was using xor data encryption technology which was easily hacked allowing said hacker to view sensitive data in real time. PTR could actually access players hole card information during game play! Cereus fixed the problem by upgrading to the industry standard, SSL encryption, something they should have done years ago...

Well, guess what? They did it again!...

For many years before I started playing Poker I was a chess player. I guess I started playing at around the age of 15 years. My brother who was an International Master in Chess ) a well known member of the Canadian Olympic Chess Team) was always studying different positions on our kitchen table and I could not for the life of me figure out why he loved the game so much.

Well at around that age I opened my first chess book. I was hooked! My first 20-30 games were with one guy i thought...