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But it does look like they are all out on bypassing affiliates at any means which i have no problem with either.
Villa Fortuna is not bypassing affiliates, Villa Fortuna is begging affiliates to accept them.
The rest of Grand Prive casinos decided to not pay affiliates for work already performed and breached contract and will accumulate hundreds of thousands of Dollars by refusing to pay for advertising they bought and had the results delivered on.
Affiliates are now supposed to shrug their shoulders and promote Villa Fortuna after just having had their income stolen by it's sister casinos.
Be careful guys, once a group starts stealing, whether that is from players or affiliates, the other group of people is next. If I was a cleaning lady, I wouldn't work for them because I would worry about getting paid.
In my 8 years in the industry I have seen it over and over again - what goes around, comes around. If an affiliate promotes a group that cheats players, s/he will eventually be cheated also. If a player plays at a place that cheats affiliates, they too get cheated eventually.
If a casino engages in unfair practice, breach of contract and refusal to pay, that tells you what they are like. No matter which group of people they victimize first.
And keep this in mind: Paying an affiliate is a lot easier than paying a player. The affiliate only gets paid if the casino makes money, and then only a percentage minus the bonuses etc. Paying a winner is hard, it comes right out of their pocket. So usually they will stop paying winners before they stop paying affiliates. In this case, I guess they saw an immediate huge amount of money in their coffers by not paying for the contracts they had with affiliates. Now they can pay winners easier - til that coffer runs dry too...
So players are being paid with stolen money.