Lets face it, Grand Prive set a date to contact Bryan to be put out the Rogue Pit before they even screwed there affiliates over. That's how business works!!
I hate it in life when this happens, they new what would happen and now they have to face the consequences. NO LET OFF!!
I doubt they have this level of intelligent forward planning, otherwise they would not have kicked affiliates to the curb in the first place.
I suspect they went for "short term gain" by closing the affiliate operation, but hanging on to the players. This allowed them to renege on the lifetime commission deal, yet STILL make profit from the players. They made quite a few moves to disguise this, the first being to directly contact players telling them the LIE that the main 5 casinos would close soon, and to move their play to Villa Fortuna. This then allowed them to "prove" that the players referred by the affiliates had deserted in droves, and justified the closure of the scheme. They also fooled eCogra, because the data used in the investigation referred to the 5 original casinos, which the earlier move had stripped of many active players, hence the startlingly low amounts owing at the end of it. Requests to widen the scope of the calculations from eCogra were stonewalled, because GP realised that the "Villa Fortuna trick" might emerge, and inflate the sums owing.
The whole thing was driven by them thinking why they should pay affiliates around 30% of the profits from the players, when they could avoid this by cutting them out, and marketing directly. In the short term analysis, this was a profitable move, and in the short term, it worked.
GP didn't think that "short term gain" is often followed by "long term pain". The aches started when the affiliates did NOT just "walk away", but fought on for a fair deal. GP didn't consider that these affiliates would then start to work AGAINST them as a punishment for the thorough screwing they received. This lead to GP being added to a number of rogue pits (including this one), which eventually ensured that much of the information available on the internet about them was negative. With no affiliates, there was NO balancing information showing them in a positive light, as would be the case when affiliates try to ensure that the casinos they promote are attractive to players.
Finally, they learn that this was a big mistake, and that they CANNOT prosper without the affiliate community on their side, so they come crawling back hoping for forgiveness. Considering this was mostly a screwing over of AFFILIATES, rather than players, the fact that this poll has gone so much against them being let out of the pit shows just HOW deep seated the negativity has become.
Things have not been helped by the fact that they made further mistakes trying to turn things around, which has made them look VERY bad indeed. The screwing over of the Kahnawake and Microgaming demonstrates to others that they have no fear of screwing ANYONE, let alone the poor humble player. It also makes players think that if they again face trouble from their licensing jurisdiction, they will simply bail again, rather than stick to the rules.
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Sorry, not sure I understand what you mean.
