A little legal talk:
We as affiliates earn commissions from the players that we refer to these casinos. This is commonly and clearly defined as having a “vested interest” in these players which have been delivered.
Contract law, in every instance I have found so far, protects your vested interest against the unilateral retroactive application of any new conditions introduced insofar as they have a detrimental or negative affect on your vested interest.
I don’t care what country we’re talking about (except maybe Munchkinland) – I am absolutely certain that any such unilateral retroactive application against a vested interest will fail in a court of law, unless they can find a way to prove that your vested interest really isn’t a vested interest.
Sharing revenue over the lifetime of the player is about a clear a definition of “vested interest” as can possibly be made with respect to gambling. This is basically the equivalent of an insurance agent collecting a percentage of the premiums which are paid by his/her clients every year. That is also clearly defined as “vested interest”.
Now you want to ask that of your lawyers, Zane? The minute your legal team hears the words “vested interest” they will look for the nearest rock to crawl under.
We might want to mention this elsewhere in case any other program wants to even CONSIDER playing with the calculation of commissions – and this would also serve as a good reminder to certain other programs which have yet to revert to a status which does not breach the contracts they made with their affiliates.