They certainly dug their own grave, so to speak.
Althought the future marketing strategies of 888.com are unclear – whether or not they get away from BH scrapers or not, one of the good things we have accomplished through our actions is to make an example of them for all other programs to see.
I’m quite sure that if other programs were considering or flirting with blackhat SEO marketing, they are much more likely to reject that avenue than before the 888.com issue was made a priority by affiliates.