[jba]

affiliates should get $$$ for bringing in the slot machine players. they are adding a lot of value and should be paid accordingly for bringing in these recreational players. The value they are adding to the network closely resembles their compensation.

however when affiliates start exclusively signing up high volume players for rakeback deals, it bastardizes the system, and you end up with this inequity where affiliates are making hundreds/month from each high volume player, and there is no way the affiliates are adding that much value to the network.

party is smart to cut out the middle man to some extent, decrease the MGR of these high volume players by giving large bonuses directly to the players. it's not like affiliates are getting shafted, they are still getting x% of ~80% of your actual MGR.

FYI I just got email from empire with "VIP bonus offer" -- basically identical to this party thing, works out to close to .05/raked hand for big bonuses

empire affiliates cant catch a break huh.