This got me thinking about a couple a years ago….
I was talking to a local business man friend of mine. We had some great and original ideas to really be able to promote some casinos/poker rooms. We were getting all the ideas together, then he learned that the programs track things themselves. He needed a work around to them doing all the tracking, but none could be figured out. Sure you can figure out how many clicks you get, and maybe even downloads, but not actual earnings. He just laughed and said well I thought it was a good idea, he would have no part in it. I proved my earnings to him, they where(are) rather good. But there was no way this guy was going to trust there tracking, with no way to audit it independently.
His matter-a-factness really got me thinking about the tracking. It also got me thinking about how one day the casino websites might be gone, and I will just be out of luck, and money. It made me happy to see some of the companies going public, but the U.S. government has proven what an illusion that is. So I figure it is a gravy train best not to count on too much.