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Clueless on Adsense alternative on gambling website

by Wegopro
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I have a website about a casino. Though it's not a real gambling website; I do have some affiliate campaigns running at the website. I started out using Adsense; only to find out it is forbidden to use Adsense on anything gambling/gaming related. I tried Bidvertiser; and have 2 clicks in 1 month (okok...with only 500 unique visitors). Are there other cpc programs that I could use; that have the same effect as Adsense?

Thank you for the input!
#adsense #alternative #clueless #gambling #website
  • Profile picture of the author CJ.Online
    When you're dealing with the gambling niche, you're pretty much out of luck for most decent advertisements because people could lose a lot of money gambling and then there goes a lawsuit. Personally, I'd stay away from the gambling niche as well if I were you, unless you have a huge disclaimer! lol
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    • Profile picture of the author TheRetiredBuilder
      Originally Posted by CJ.Online View Post

      When you're dealing with the gambling niche, you're pretty much out of luck for most decent advertisements because people could lose a lot of money gambling and then there goes a lawsuit. Personally, I'd stay away from the gambling niche as well if I were you, unless you have a huge disclaimer! lol
      Horse raddish!!

      I've been in the gambling niche for years and as long as you go about your promotions in an honest way you have absolutely nothing to worry about
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  • Profile picture of the author Find
    Organic traffic is your best bet for this niche.

    Good luck in your search
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    • Profile picture of the author FreshPLR
      If you like the excitement of the casino, you could try writing about the world of foreign exchange where you can use Adsense for monetisation.

      There are also a lot of people who offer the latest forex software and so you could be an affiliate for their products.

      :confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author rahulr
    CPC Programs would work fine for gambling sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Wegopro
    Ok guys and gals. Thanks for the input. I am not looking for other ways to monetize my site. It's just that I have quite the organic traffic on the website; and discovered that since the subject is similar to gambling (I decribe a certain casino in Singapore) I cannot use Adsense as I do not want to jeopardise my account. I am looking for a PPC alternative that does offer gambling related advertisers that I can promote; similar to Adsense (or at least on that has good PPC values)...
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  • Profile picture of the author alsmith1
    Have you looked into Adbrite? I looked at their publisher acceptable use policy and I didn't see anything that would prohibit a site in which the theme is gambling. I have used them some and they seem to be okay, maybe not as good as adsense but it is a revenue stream. Here is the website address if you want to check them out: AdBrite: The Internet's Ad Marketplace
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    • Profile picture of the author Irnes Jakupovic
      What?
      Gambling is one of the most difficult niches on the internet period. Don't waste any decent traffic you have on things like adsense. There are hundreds of different CPA, affiliate, etc programs that pay a pretty nice chunk of change in the gambling niche.
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  • Profile picture of the author Wegopro
    Well, I did place some ads from CPA providers...I don't think I've thought it through well enough...I wanted a simple text link...but all those affiliate campaigns offer me are ridiculous disco banners...
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      The thing about adsense and gambling is iffy at best.
      UK sites may show adsense, I believe.

      I think google's overall policy is that you cannot accept money
      for gambling, or link to a site that does.

      If the casino in Singapore accepts online betting, you would be
      out of luck if you linked to their website.

      If you are just providing info, it does not appear to break the rules.
      Many sites are about Vegas, Indian casinos, etc. But none of these
      are betting or gambling sites.

      For me, I probably would tone down the betting aspect if you use
      adsense. But then, your traffic might fall.

      Here is a site that has adsense:
      sparklette.net/travel/singapore/sentosa-casino/

      They are not a gambling site, nor link to gambling sites. They are a
      travel site. Describing a casino is not being a gambling site. They even
      describe the gambling experience there.

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  • Profile picture of the author Michi Kono
    Yep, same here, I've tried Adsense on my blog, which was about gambling (poker & BJ) but it did not work for the obvious reson lol (it was a couple of years ago though)...

    I also did look for some alternatives but I don't recall I found one. I ended up promoting some info products on the blog and made a bit of money (like $100 a month type of money but I got bored of it in the end so left it there.

    There are people who are making a fair bit of money in a gamble niche so if you love it, you should keep working on it. But if you are purely after making money with your websites, you might want to look into other profitable niches as there are heaps of them out there.

    Good luck
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