and the controlling owners of MLB, NBA, and NFL have set restrictions on this line of revenue so that they can control the flow of money.
My point exactly – in USA laws are made for the corporations, period. And each industry has 1-3 major players, and that’s it. The same way NFL is the almighty for the football all over US, or the National Fluid Milk Processor is the almighty for the milk industry (got milk?), or the FTC, or the MLB, or Kraft, etc.
My major point – if online gambling is legalized in the USA, the law will be beneficial ONLY to the local comapnies – you saw how a port security bill had “something” to do with internet gambling – there are no standards (recognized) for creating laws in this country, and legal online gambling will be given to the local land based casinos and nobody else. Legal online sports betting is out of the question.
And they WILL NOT use the affiliate model, because they won’t need it. You will not be able to compete, because there will be nothing to compete with. Even if they decide to use affiliate model, it will be $10 per player. I dont think you would make enough this way.
And contrary to what you were saying – the casinos here have a very powerful brand recognition – take MGM for example.
As an affiliate I’d rather be playing in a market of $10b a year and fighting for my share – than playing in a market of $1b a year if it’s banned and money payments are totally outlawed.
You are wrong – big markets do not allow small players. And for the online gambling to be what it used to be – it needs the gray area – not legal, but not illegal, just the way it used to be.