[John Ho]

Well the difference here is that the recreational, non rakeback receiving players are in effect subsidizing our rakebacks since none of their rake is given to any affiliates. I have no problem with this concept as us heavy usage players are in effect partners with our playing sites. New players feel much better playing with a site where they see hundreds of games going rather than smaller sites that seem (unfairly or not) as if they may go out of business next week. And we keep games going which otherwise might break if they got too short.

I would compare Affiliates to discount stockbrokers. They take money from you and do little real work in return but having a full service broker taking the same orders from you but charging you triple is much worse.