Well there are several points i would like to make.
Lou, a lot of us here have portals dedicated to affiliate marketing , and none of us have succeeded in having anything compared to this forum. I dont know how much money you make from this, but what I know is that in 2-3 years when internet gambling is even bigger, this forum will be worth even more, and you should therefore not quit on it.
It seems that a lot of your time is unfortunately devoted to maintaining this forum. To save yourself some time and grief, so that you can focus on your portals which probably earn you a lot more money, you should consider paying someone a monthly fee. That person could probably login every second day or so to monitor and address these posts. This would probably cost not that much, just a couple of hundred a month. The benefit is that it would free up your time so that you can focus on your other websites. I’m sure that your time is worth a lot more than what you would be paying. I know winneronline does this.
Secondly, I’m sure there are some legitimate reasons for the chargebacks at Casino Coins. I personally no longer promote them due to poor performance, but this is due to the software and not the integrity of the program. I’m sure one reason behind the chargebacks is that odds on casinos are a small group and dont have the huge network of casinos like microgaming and cryptologic that can share databases and information on fraudulent players. To speculate more on why this is happening to me would be foolish based on lack of information.
Concerning affiliate programs shaving during conferences I really cant see why they would choose this time of year over any other. The cost of travelling to these programs and dining some affiliates, is very minor compared to the profits these programs generate. I’m sure the cost is less than 5% of what they make that month (maximum!)
The only way to know if the casinos are being fraudulent is by testing them like some of the affiliates in this forum do. What I do is compare the clicks sent in a month compared to the profit made and I then know whether or not I am happy with the performance of a certain program. If I’m not happy I drop them. I have dropped referback and casinocoins because of this.
Antoine