I’ve been a gaming affiliate since 2000 and while I have no issues with Brightshare that I’m aware of, other the wrong affiliate payment dates which have since been sorted out. The point is, I have literally 10’s of 1000’s of players who I have referred to casinos. Prior to the UIGEA, while I didn’t make a heap from USA traffic, my month to month, year to year stats told me that the ratios of clicks, sign-ups and deposits were within an acceptable level, as too were the number of players at each casino who were winning and losing.
However, since the UIGEA and the effect this has taken on other Countries being banned by Microgaming etc etc, not to mention our market is shrinking, each month I’m seeing stats which simply don’t add up.
In regard to Microgaming, I too am a player and I’m not a low roller either! I can assure you the games are certainly not paying out like they used. Certainly no where near the wins I used to get when the USA could play. While it is still possible to get a hot run, these are few and far between. I’m not the only player who has questioned MGS software. Take a look over at CM and other forums to see what other players are saying.
Correlating my losses month in month out, at the games have literally bleed me dry from deposit after another. At one point it was 6 months before I managed a withdrawal. That over 500 deposits.
Yet when I check my MGS stats players, who like myself, are only playing video slots, the number of player winning each month, not to mention these are generally the same players and a mix of new sign-ups too, I start to wonder how is this possible. When, I and other MGS players can literally lose month after month. It just doesn’t add up!
I’m starting to wonder if two sets of books (stats) are being tallied here. The cooked stats are presented to affiliates, while the real stat which are giving the real account of players deposits, wins etc etc are held by the affiliate program.
One such MGS casino I’ve been promoting on numerous sites for over 4.5 years. These sites target Australian and New Zealand traffic only. Yet, with the 10’s of 1000’s of players who have signed up and deposited, and the 3 whales I have who are still playing, it defies fact that most months I’ve gone from commissions of $25K or more to, back to back months where I’m lucky if I make $3K.
I have accounts where money, players and accounts are being locked at an all time high. When I question these issues and ask for factual information to back up these loses, I get ignored. I’m in business like everyone else, and part of my business, just like my bank sends me proof of transactions, I and other affiliates should also receive factual proof about these claimed loses. However it doesn’t happen. Programs are simply not transparent as they would like us to think.
It’s a sad state of affairs and I think it’s going to get a lot worse unless affiliates start demanding transparency and actual proof against these locked accounts, missing money,players and all the other little tricks these programs can do to effectivvely scam and theive from their affiliate partners.
Cheers
Dave