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Poker Affiliate Programs

If you own a successful web page, especially one that is gambling or sports oriented, you are missing a great source of revenue if you are not currently pushing online poker affiliate programs. Online gambling revenue is growing by leaps and bounds, and online poker rooms become ever more popular with each televised poker tournament and World Series of Poker.

Poker affiliate programs generally pay a minimum of 20% and can pay as high as 40% of your referred players' gross rake for the lifetime of the player's account. Or you could choose a flat rate per account method, earning anywhere from $65 to $200 per new player account. Either way, these numbers can give a significant boost to your bottom line.

Below are some of the poker affiliate programs that we are associated with. We have earned money through these programs and have received payment. If you would like a more specific review of any of these poker affiliate programs, please email me with your questions.

Signup for Lucky Ace Poker's Affiliate Program
Revenue Share: 25% to 40%
CPA: $100 to $150
Our Rating:

Review:

Lucky Ace Poker is one of the new skins of 888 Pacific Poker. The 888 brand has been around for a long time so they have a good player base and a "loose gambler" reputation. Lucky Ace also offers new players a hybrid bonus that gives players instant bankroll bonus plus pending bonus. Those factors along with top of the line promotions help drive a good conversion rate here. The affiliate staff is very experienced. We have known our current affiliate manager for ~5 years, for example! These guys will work hard to get extra exposure on your site.

A very good stats system will allow you to create new trackers and then filter the data so you can stay on top of what is working and what's not.

Signup for VC Poker's Affiliate Program
Revenue Share: 20-30%
CPA: N/A
Our Rating:

Review: Victor Chandler is one of the most recognizable bookmakers in the UK. Their poker site, VC Poker, is an easy sell to the European market. Their affiliate program offers solid revenue share rates, and excellent promos that make it easy to attract players.
Signup for Carbon Poker's Affiliate Program
Revenue Share: 40% flat
CPA: Tiered CPA & Hybrid CPA/Rev Share Options
Our Rating:

Review: The Carbon Poker Affiliate Program offers some great features including: thorough stats, ability to remarket to your players, good banner selection, private tournament and ring games, and to top it off it's open to all players (US and abroad).
Signup for Titan Poker's Affiliate Program
Revenue Share: 25 - 40%
CPA: $75 - 250 per player
Our Rating:

Review: Titan Poker (via EuroPartners.com) boasts some of the best affiliate managers in the industry. If you've got good website traffic, they can work with you to develop promotions and custom programs to convert that traffic into $$.
Signup for Sun Poker's Affiliate Program
Revenue Share: 25 - 35%
CPA: N/A
Our Rating:

Review: SunPoker offers a very competitive revenue share, and an excellent plan for rakeback affiliates. For you CPA affiliates, they do have a CPA program available upon request. They also have good marketing material such as site reviews and press releases that can give a poker or casino portal immediate content. A responsive and helpful affiliate staff round out this solid program.
Signup for Lucky Ace Poker's Affiliate Program
Revenue Share: Coming Soon
CPA: Coming Soon
Our Rating:

Review: Review coming soon...
Signup for Full Tilt Poker's Affiliate Program
Revenue Share: 20 - 35%
CPA: $75 - $215
Our Rating:

Review: The Full Tilt Poker Affiliate Program offers some of the nicest features in the industry (detailed stats, great banner selection, automated private tournament setup, bonus codes, and good conversion rates), but they also have implemented some pretty ridiculous tracking policies. Basically, if you refer a player to Full Tilt, and they don't make a deposit within 60 days, you are not given credit for that player. Kind of a silly policy if you asked me, especially given the current environment of limited deposit options for US-based players.

That being said, Full Tilt Poker is one of the more recognizable poker brands, and players do convert reasonably well. If you're promoting poker, you should be promoting Full Tilt Poker to your players.