@Ladbrokes_Score 246458 wrote:
Thank you for the feedback on this, of course, we’re not happy about the negative impact this decision has on our ongoing affiliate relationships and we have been trying to make this a smooth as possible for all our active affiliates. We would like to again express our sincere apologies for this undesirable change.
Ladbrokes does not accept US players and although our USA based affiliates were promoting us to a non-US customer base, we still had to cut our ties. As a public limited company, we are constantly monitoring risks to our current and future business. In the light of this, working with affiliates directly or indirectly associated with the USA is regrettably perceived as high risk for our future business in a potentially regulated US market.
All other affiliates remained unaffected and it’s business as usual.
Although this only affects a fairly small amount of Score Affiliates, we’re still mindful about the impact it has. Should our decision have directly impacted you and you have not yet made contact with us, please contact us on [email protected].
uk and we will be happy to discuss.
The decision to kick USA affiliates to the curb; which incidentally lets Ladbrokes think it can steal their rightful income; not honour lifetime of player payments, is because, “USA is regrettably perceived as high risk for our future business in a potentially regulated US market.”
This unethical move comes not long after Ladbrokes retroactively forced lower commission rates on all their affiliates. Seems reducing the rightful earnings of affiliates wasn’t enough for Ladbrokes, who have now turned to stealing the income from hard working USA affiliates and the food right out of their children’s mouths!
Clearly Ladbrokes is void of any human decency. If they had a ounce of ethical compassion, they’d realise (regardless of Clause 12.6 in the T&C’s), they hold an ethical and moral obligation over an above their self serving agreement. Which given, I doubt would stand up in a court of law.
The fact Ladbrokes hasn’t even offered each USA affiliate a once off compensation pay-out for their players, instead, have chosen to pick-pocket, screams volumes and (in my opinion), it’s an online gaming company who should be avoided by players and affiliates alike.
Maybe if Ladbrokes Plc didn’t employee muppets to run their online gaming operations, they wouldn’t have registered an almost 12% drop in shares as on June 2012. This drop in shares equated to around a 15 million GBP loss, reported to be the worst result for Ladbrokes in a decade.
NB – Ames who was appointed to head their online digital operations, was axed from this position soon after this all played out. According The Telegraph newspaper, Ames is set to continue as a director. Looks like USA affiliates are now wearing that loss. Yet, Ames keeps his job. Good one Ladbrokes!
IMHO slashing USA affiliates, and stealing their rightful lifetime player income, has nothing; zip; zlitch, nadda, to do with Ladbrokes protecting future business. It’s nothing more than a trumped up cash grabbing exercise, to get their ass out of their own self imposed sling!
Join Score Affiliates Now – Not bloody likely!
Further details of Ladrokes hatchet job on USA affiliates:
http://www.awaa.com.au/forums/blacklisted-affiliate-programs/100-ladbrokes-steal-affiliate-earnings-ladbrokes-blacklisted.html
http://www.affiliateguarddog.com/forums/money-grab-ladbrokes-dumps-all-u-s-affiliates-steals-future-residual-income-t5615.html
http://www.gpwa.org/forum/ladbrokes-boot-us-affiliates-207661.html
http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/bb/48224-score-affiliates-screws-affiliates.html
http://www.pokeraffiliatelistings.com/forums/general-poker-affiliate-forum/24603-labrokes-cuts-off-us-affiliates.html