I agree with most of what you say bb1, the actual figures are small.
But it’s the pricinple of the thing. The affiliate should earn X% of Wagershare’s revenue. If Wagershare make money from a player, the afill should get that cut, regardless of what happens to that player or whether he’s fraudulent or not. It’s reasonable to hold the money back for a little while – to see if the player is going to chargeback, for example – but not to make that revenue completely ‘disappear’ just because the player was a bad player.
Casinos have the same sort of attitude to their players – if you break our rules and win, you can’t keep the winnings. If you break our rules and lose, we’ll still keep your losses. Heads we win, tails you lose. In some cases that may be justified when dealing with players, i.e. if they’re trying to defraud you, but the principle is still wrong and there’s clearly no justification in treating affiliates this way. If you made money, I want my cut. Simple as that.
Anyway, I agree bb1 it’s hardly a huge issue right now, so I’ll say no more. I won’t be promoting WS anyway given they won’t take US players.