BB1 I think your thoughts are righ on par.
You can bet that if the USA legalized online gaming in the US, it would be for
land based eg state regulated or sponsored casinos only. They would not permit promotion of outsiders, hell why do you think they are working so hard to shut everyone out?
Unless they start to pay attention to the WTO things arent going to get any better for affiliates. And we all know unless China speaks up they arent going to pay that organization any attention.