I couldn’t agree more. I’m not a gambler, but I have a perspective on things. This is a huge industry and the casinos are (naturally) reaping the biggest rewards. If the casino makes things difficult for big winners / players – they are simply making very bad marketing decisions.
In the case BB mentioned above, doubly bad. They knew who he was, he gets paid every month, gambles his earnings and brings in new players…. Why make life hard? Isn’t this as simple as shooting yourself in the foot?
I’d love to have BB1 as a sub-affiliate or player under me so I could just pick up a dribble of his earnings as an affiliate or losses as a player.
It’s the casino/affprogram who lost in the end. The fact that they know this player/affiliate personally makes the situation even more ludicrous.
I think this is an excellent question to ponder – why is winning the trigger for the paperwork and verification? Could this not be done painlessly while people are LOOSING or PLAYING? Simply email them and tell them you want to get started in the process because if they play often, it is likely they win and how you don’t want them to get frustrated with slow payouts when they hit a jackpot.
(hmm.. anticipating their win… seems like that would go over much better than slowing their payment)