Goldfinger,
Nothing for nothing, I don’t think any of the Casino sites really care if they pay commission to you (an honest webmaster) or to some rogue, spammy websmaster. The bottom line for them is money. Sure, the PR they hand us are “Terms and Agreements”, “violations of Agreement”, “long term relationship”, etc., but the bottom line for these guys is cash. They look at it from a very short-term perspective, and IF (and yes, I say IF) the Search Engines clean up their act, and you/I are long gone due to their unethical practices, there will be a 1,000 other new affiliates waiting to step in and take our place. Demand is high; these affiliate programs will never starve for clientele.
Listen, I am as distraught as you are about this spamming epidemic, but in my eyes, the root of fixing the problem lies entirely with Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Unless they make headway, and I don’t believe they will, this business will be over-run by these spamsters. I equate this to the Mafia taking over the business — they are the thugs of the Internet, but they still pay their bills and make money for everybody. Hence, everyone looks the other way.
Unless you have some inside contacts at Google, et al, I think this party is coming to an abrupt close.
Not to be unduly pessimistic; but I am just a realist, looking at things from the big picture. I am doing what I can to combat it, but I think this epidemic animal is way too big for you and me to tackle.