Hello folks, I have a couple apologies to send out because we wrote a story on this yesterday but our server became corrupted and we had to move our entire site, it is still on the fritz so I still can’t give you a link to the article, however I talked extensively with Jeff and I think everyone here is overeacting quite a bit.
Here’s how it started… the US passed the law – UK casinos bailed on the US, some screwing us (affiliates) over completely. Playtech bailed out of the game also, but Golden Palace talked the software company into allowing them to operate for at least 30 more days. We (affiliates) then got the message saying full speed ahead for at least for the next 30 days. That was correct and we all remained happy and optimistic.
Then at the end of the 30 days Blasters announced again that they have not received the heave-ho from Playtech yet, so full speed ahead until further notice. However, it was understood at some point in the future they were going to switch softwares. In the backend, Ricardo and Jeff fought extensively with Golden Palace owners to NOT screw over affiliate, they did everything in their power to HELP affiliates so that none of us lose our players on the switch.
Then, a couple days ago we all got an email that explained what was happening, which, although slightly wordy was pretty straightforward. As soon as the letter went out, some people who did not fully read or understand the letter went and tried to play at Golden Casino, only to be told their account had not transferred from Golden Palace.
Then, those people that couldn’t figure things out immediately came here and posted how pissed off they were. However, Golden Palace said in the email they will keep accepting the US bettors until the 15th, so the transition hadn’t happened as of yesterday, and it still won’t happen until the 15th. I am positive that everyone’s stats in Blasters will remain consistent up until the 15th, at which point the entire database of US players will transfer over to Golden Casino seemlessly. Jeff and the rest of his staff will be happily available over the next couple of weeks to answer anyones questions and resolve problems that are bound to come up.
The links to Golden Palace will remain to be redirected to Golden Casino up until December 1st. That gives affiliates almost a full month to get into Golden Casino, get new codes and replace all banners across all sites where they promote them.
Jeff and Ricardo worked harder at NOT screwing affiliates than I have ever seen and their reputation should not be ruined because of this, they should actually be rewarded. They went to the Odds On software because it is the best software out there right now, not quite sure why everyone is in love with RTG, and they, unlike Microgaming, will be accepting bettors from all states in the US. Yeah, the new site is new and crappy, but they had to come up with this plan within a month and they did the best they could, its not like this has been in the works for years, they even switched to Golden Casino in an attempt to keep the branding that worked so well for them through the years. These are all things that will benefit us, too so I am not quite sure why there is so much outrage.
The only thing Jeff did wrong in my eyes was not calling the Professor like he said he would, however, he told me to relay the message that the email went out without his knowledge and he was really pissed off when it went out because he hadn’t gotten to speak to the Prof. beforehand.
I will post a link to our article as soon as my server quits f-ing up. I hope this clears things up for some people and if there is something I am missing please let me know.