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FEATURE AFFILIATE PROFILE: MICHAEL KRUSE, KRUZEY Australian sports betting is, globally, one of the fiercest regulated markets to crack. We caught up with Michael Kruse from Melbourne-based affiliate business Kruzey to find out more about it. How and when did you first come to enter the gambling affiliate space? Michael Kruse (MK): Back in 2013, we set out to create a scalable web-based business. After analysing all of the various types of affiliate revenue we settled on arguably the most challenging one, believing that our long-term horizon and skill set would allow us to eventually secure quality revenue streams over the fly-by-nighters. Can you tell us more about how the overall business is set up and structured? MK: Currently live is our Australian site. Australian sports betting is, globally, one of the fiercest markets to crack, so we figured if we can do that first it will ma