J Todd
J. Todd
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J Todd, Administrator of the APCW
Male
101 years old
Pacific Northwest, Washington
United States
Last Login: 10/24/2009
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J Todd's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Houston, Texas | | Body type: | 5' 11" / Average | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Religion: | Christian - other | | Zodiac Sign: | Sagittarius | | Smoke / Drink: | No / No | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | College graduate |
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J Todd's Schools
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Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
Graduated: 2010
Student status: Alumni
Major: Communications
Minor: Creative Writing
Clubs: I graduated in the top quarter of the lower third of my class.
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J Todd is trying to stay out of prison. Posted at 5:36 AM Jun 27, 2008
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APCW Perspectives Weekly - April 11th, 2008
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APCW Perspectives Weekly - April 4th, 2008
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About me:
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DO NOT...
request to be my friend just to spam this page. I will hunt you down and do nasty things to you! LOL!
Hello friends! This page was created to explain a little about my credentials in the online gaming community, how I am involved in the industry, and what I am doing in the business right now.
I have been working in online gaming since 2001 and am currently the Administrator for the Association of Players, Casinos & Webmasters. Originally, I was just a marketer (a webmaster) who owned several websites which reviewed online casinos and poker rooms for players. I first became "known" in the industry for having silly videos on my sites that told visitors about online gaming rooms in a humorous and entertaining way (a few of which can be viewed in this profile under the "Videos" link to your left).
In 2002 , having gained some status, I began speaking at industry conferences about how webmasters fit into the business of online gaming and could work more productively with online casinos. I became a member of several associations that worked for positive changes in the industry, which was largely unregulated at that time.
After a great deal of turmoil, many of those early organizations self-destructed. So, during 2003 I started the Association of Players, Casinos & Webmasters, which audited online gaming sites to ensure fairness for both players and webmasters. We partnered with other solid, respected industry bodies like the Interactive Gaming Council, the Casino Affiliate Convention, and Casino Affiliate Programs.
The APCW grew at a steady rate for the next two years. Throughout 2004 and 2005 we became one of the most highly respected "watchdog" sites for our fair and professional approach to investigating and reporting issues. We identified spyware issues, customer service problems, and recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in players winnings and webmasters earnings from casinos programs.
Then, in 2006 everything changed. That June my casino review websites with the "funny" video content became the first casino portal to be shut down by a state government in the United States! Washington State made running my simple little websites a Class "C" Felony, which believe it or not has the same severity of punishment as someone who rapes child! That meant they could put me in prison for running a website about an activity that was otherwise legal in the state: Gambling!
But 2006 wasn't over yet, and as the year rolled on the US Congress passed a bill in an attempt to stop US cash flow to offshore casinos and poker rooms, called the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). This bill was passed litterally late at night on the last day of Congressional sessions, after Senator Bill Frist attached it to the back of another bill on Port Security, which was considered a "must pass" to help deter terrorism! Talk about crooked politics!
The year 2007 was a call to arms for some in online gambling... and a surrender for others. Many webmasters sold their sites and walked away, but not the APCW. We were not breaking any laws, and we were hell bent on exposing the truth about what the US Government had done! We began making Educational Videos about how the law was passed (and who passed it and why), and that led us to our news update webcasts which we released every Friday. Perspectives Weekly was a great success, and it was carried across hundreds of websites and viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
As we grew and grew we doubled our membership, partnered with more and more websites, developed a weekly live radio show in partnership with Rounders Radio, and interviewed some of the most important people in the industry, including Dan Starr (VP of NETeller), Mark Mendell (Chief Legal Advisor, Antigua), Gian Peronni (Former VP of Absolute Poker), and Michael Corfman (President of Casino City). For this hard work and dedication, I was named one of the 300 most influential people in the online gaming industry by the iGaming Business "Industry Aces" Awards.
Things were really getting interesting by 2008. I was named "Affiliate of the Year" by the membership at Casino Affiliate Programs, and that was an honor I did not take lightly. It meant the world to be recognized by my peers, but it also made me feel even more responsible for making sure that the fight for online gambling was given my very best effort. And it was with that ambition in mind that we merged with the Casino City Group in November, giving us an expanded budget, support staff, and a team of dedicated professionals to help perpetuate the APCW's agenda.
Heading into 2009 we're still pressing forward with our weekly videos and live radio show, and with legalized, regulated online gambling a real possibility now we're certain things will only get better for this industry. It looks like there is a light at the end of this tunnel!
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Who I'd like to meet:
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God... although right now I'm not in any hurry =0)
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