Sorry Dunover, but i am inclined to say: bo****s .
Maybe explaining how the system works helps to understand my opinion. For every spin/bet we make a certain portion goes to Microgaming/Net-Ent etc. Since tax on gambling is common in many countries this has been factored into the "price" a casino is paying for the bet to the providers. Hence, the money a casino is left with after "paying" the providers have these taxes already incorporated ever since online gambling became mainstream on the net. This means that the new "UK revenue tax" was absorbed already years ago into the cost of running any casino.
Otherwise a casino would not have made any profit in countries where this kind of taxes have been in place for years now.
Putting this as one of the main reasons to stop flushing, stop paying on weekends, introducing pending periods is just plain bu****it. The only reason for these measures is:
GREED
The same goes for the cost on transactions to/from webwallets/cards etc. It has been factored into the "prices" casinos pay to the providers for every bet from the beginning and for the big guys like 32RED, Ladbrokes etc they are nowhere near 10%, they are in the very low single digits. If that really is a problem then they could offer to pay instantly without pending period for a fee like Guts is doing it. I'll happily pay 2.50$ if i know that my withdrawal will hit my Neteller/Ecopayz account in minutes.
To emphasize why it is
GREED can somebody explain this: for the last 3 months the 50% and 100% DOTD at 32RED are always available on Thursday and Friday. Why??? Because most players will deposit late afternoon after work, hence any cashin from that play will be pending until Monday, screaming at the player every time he/she opens the banking page: "you have xxx.xx available for reversal"
Last but not least the pending period at 32RED is not "usually around 24 hours" as they claim in their T&C's. It is 24 - 88 hours, with a bank holiday on Friday or Monday it is 24-102 hours. It is not like they take the withdrawals out of pending on weekends, no, they are left there pending until the next banking day, usually Monday. So "usually around 24 hours" is a plain lie and misleading to any new player. And the funny part is that taking withdrawals out of pending can be done automatically after a set time without any human intervention, so why is is not done every 24 hours?
Conclusion is the same:
GREED