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F E AT URE AFFILIAT E PROFILE: K IN G S I Z E MED IA Pavel Stoychev, operations manager at the owner of Casino News Daily, Casino Games Pro and Casino Guardian, says the company is looking to diversify beyond its current markets, with the US now a focus after the recent Supreme Court decision on PASPA iGB Affiliate: How did you first become involved in the affiliate business? iGBA: Which states do you think have the most potential? Pavel Stoychev: I work for a company which used to have various different online businesses – mainly website development, website maintenance and SEO – and in 2014 we decided to run an affiliate casino website, starting with casinonewsdaily.com. At first it was quite small, but after a few years it has grown to what it is now. PS: I think that Pennsylvania will be a great one. Actually, all states that legislate will have equal chances to grow. We will just go for all of them and see which ones work better for our company. It depends what product we use and on the traffic we build. iGBA: How is your overall business structured: where are you based and how many portals do you own? PS: We have three main portals – casinonewsdaily.com, casinogamespro.com and casinoguardian.co.uk – and we have 20 smaller projects that we are working on. Those are in quite a basic state but we hope they will grow. We have two physical offices in Bulgaria; in Varna and Veliko Tarnovo. We also have freelance teams in Italy, Spain and the UK. Also,