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Best Odds Corp is seeking a motivated web developer to improve and complete several unfinished projects.

Job Title: Web Developer

Location: North Suburbs of the Twin Cities Metro

Compensation: $15/hr base pay negotiable based on skill level and training.

Education: Prefer 2 Years Experience. Must have strong computer & internet background. Will accept personal portfolio as a reference to experience.

Required Skills: PHP, Wordpress Theme Development, MySQL

Elective Skills: Search Engine Optimization, Graphic Design, GEO IP Targetting, ROI Monitoring, Internet Marketing Experience, AJAX

Job Description: Improve and complete unfinished web design projects. Follow the guidance of the staff to make changes and improvements to the design. Offer ideas & suggestions to improve overall usability and design of website(s).

• Complete and publish redesign of macpokeronline.com. Current project can be found at http://67.18.81.10/~macpoker/

The goal of this project is to create an easy to navigate website that has high conversion rates and strong landing pages. The old website was created with Dreamweaver, had an old style to it, and was extremely difficult to update. We want the new site to have a Web 2.0 look to it, using rounded corners, shadowing, wetfloor effect, etc. We want to follow Apple Inc’s example and build a clean, interesting, and solid content interface. I would like it to be of similar quality to another site that I like coolchaser.com.

• Begin new redesign of http://www.imaconlinepoker.com. You will be working with a graphic designer to complete this project.

The goal of this project is to take all of the content from imaconlinepoker.com and transfer it to a Wordpress based web interface, just as was done with macpokeronline.com. A graphic designer that I work with will develop a .psd file of how the new site will look. Your job will be to create the code and develop a working model of the .psd file, move the contents from the old design to the new design, change the URL structure to be more friendly, develop 301 redirects within the .htaccess file, and make general improvements to the site. This site was originally created with Dreamweaver and needs to be moved to Wordpress.

• Code redesign for highstakesreport.com.

Our graphic designer has already begun working on the .psd file for this website, but it is not finished yet. He is looking for general ideas of what should be on the homepage as features. Once we determine such factors, he will complete the design and it will be your job to code the .psd file into a working model. This site already utilizes Wordpress.

• Code newsletter design and implement automatic weekly mailings.

I am currently signed up with AWeber newsletter service to handle our newsletter. However, the current design is terrible and in no way represents our company. The goal of this project is to implement an easy to recognize design for each of our websites with an auto-mailer that will use the RSS feed from the site and mail it as “news updates” to our readers on a weekly basis.

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PokerRoom.com was where I began my adventure in the online gambling world. They were one of the first, and only, Mac online poker sites to have a stable poker software for Macintosh users. They used to affiliates such as ourselves immediately by Neteller, but this is not the case anymore.

Once the UIGEA of 2006 piggybacked itself onto the SAFE Port Act and got into law, payment processors began dropping like flies, including Neteller. Now, because Pokeraffiliate.com used to send payments via Neteller to us, and Neteller shut all US member account down, we began having problems. I requested to receive paper checks via mail so I could take them to the bank and cash them. However, the check processing service that Pokeraffiliate.com decided to use (Wirecard.com) doesn’t send “real” checks. Rather, they send “collection notes” which involve major processing fees and major processing time (4-6 weeks).

Many US affiliates have notified Pokeraffiliate.com of this problem, however, they refuse to come up with a viable solution. Week after week they claim that they are attempting to find a solution, but nothing comes from this.

So, with that being said, I regret to announce that Pokeraffiliate brands, which include Pokerroom.com, Europoker.com, and Casinoroom.com, will be removed from our network until payment is received. The tardiness and unwillingness of Pokeraffiliate.com to find a real solution is unacceptable, and we refuse to keep paying advertisers money to promote rooms that don’t pay for the exposure in which they are receiving on the Mac Poker Network.

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Unfortunately, there has been a dispute over the copyright of some software being used at Highstakesreport.com. We are working dillegently to resolve this dispute, as we do in fact hold a valid license for the software in question, and hope to have Highstakesreport.com back up and running soon.

Thank you for your continued patience and we expect to be back up not later than Tuesday evening.

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Yes, it’s that time again… time to play in the private Pacific Poker tournament hosted by Mac Poker Online. This time, we’ve added $500 to the pot for all of our players. Here are the details about the tournament:

Pacific Poker Tournament’s Name

Mac Poker $500 Added

Pacific Poker Tournament’s Date and Time:

Sunday, June 2nd, 2007, Time: 15:00 PPT (Pacific Poker Time)

Buy in:

$5+$0.5

Eligible players:

All Pacific Poker players that opened account through Mac Poker Online. New depositors get $25 extra on top of the regular sign up bonus by signing up through Mac Poker Online.

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It is with much delight that I inform you that www.888.com has achieved something that no other program has been able to. They have remained the program with the highest integrity, best support, and most friendly staff since 2005, and continue to impress.

So this is a simple “thank you” to all of you from 888.com. Doing business has been the pleasure of the Mac Poker Network and we hope to continue to benefit each other in this competitive industry.

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Over the past week, we’ve been working with a designer to create logos for High Stakes Report and the Mac Poker Network. The job is coming along smoothly, but we are so picky and there are too many great designs being presented for us to choose! Anyways, after this, we will be opening up a store for each website and will be offering our visitors the opportunity to purchase branded merchandise from each store.

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I have been working hard on changes all of the links on every one of the Mac Poker Websites so that they point to the right place. After years of links changing over and over, I’ve decided that it would be best to just have all of the sites link to this site, and then be redirected. So far, High Stakes Report has been finished, Mac Poker Online is nearly done, and the others are waiting to be finished.

One thing that I did notice while I was doing this was that some links just plain didn’t work. I do realize that companies such as Absolute Poker, Full Tilt Poker, and Ultimate Bet have warned of changing links, but I do not ever recall receiving a message from PlayShare that their links would be changing. When I checked the PlayShare links, they just plain didn’t work AT ALL.

If you are part of an affiliate program, please make sure that you contact affiliates to let them know that links will be changing. Also, keep the old links working for as long as possible. I would give at least 3 months notice before removing the old servers, but I think that 6 months would be better. Lazy people like myself don’t check out links every month, or even every 3 months.

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Welcome to the Mac Poker Network business site. This is our first post, but we will be updating this site with more business related information regarding our network. Please contact us with any questions you may have.

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