Fight back against gambling spam

[casinoman]

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Hi all

I didn't know where to post this, so it's here for now.

I've begun my (perhaps futile) battle against gambling spam emails.

I guess I'm just fed up with it, and I believe that this industry can get along just fine without spam.
So I setup www.fightcasinospam.com.

It'll basically setp to recieve spam reports and alert casinos of the fact that they (or their affiliates) are spamming. It will also try to enforce casinos own anti-spam policies and have rogue affiliates accounts closed.

It will also (eventually) put up the top 10 offenders list so everyone can see who spams the most.

I'm hoping that I can get the support of other webmasters here to improve how I can curtail spam, and how we can (as a group) force the casinos to REALLY act on their supposed (NO SPAM) policies.

If we pool our efforts together, it will work out better for all us 'good' webmasters who despise spam. It's time to weed out those who operate under the assumption that spam is "ok".

Any comments are welcome, and I'd be very happy to answer any questions you have about the intiative. In the meantime, please forward your gambling spam to spamreport@fightcasinospam.com.

regards
EY

[smn2]

Hi,

I think this is a good idea.

I do not promote casino sites, but I *do* get
loads of stoopid site submissions at my
various directories. I presume this should
be treated as spam (I think of it as spam,
and had to remove an online form just so
as to avoid it!)

Good luck with it - will take a look at your site
now

Steve

[Mogga]

Interesting idea! You going to deal with spam which is sent to blogs?
My dad's gets loads

[casinoman]

thanks for the vote of confidence. This does not deal with blog spam, it is starting out as a service to fight EMAIL spam, but if it is received well, then of course it will branch out into other spam areas as well.

As of today we have secured the endorsement of 3 major online casinos, whos names will be revealed in time.

I'd like to see more pro-active involvement from the webmaster community as well. It is us who recieve spam, spam complaints and have a chance to confront the casinos/programs about it.

If we sit back and don't do anything then it will just keep carrying on.

Please take a look at the site in your own time, best thing you can do to support the campaign is to grab a signage logo and put it on your websites.

The more we can make players aware of the FCS the more reports it will get and be able to better confront and deal with gambling sites which are 'turning a blind eye' to spam tactics.

Have a great day

Ed

[casinoman]

NEWS:
This week, the FCS has been endorsed by Vegas Affiliates and 32 Red Casino, with 2 other major casinos in finalisation.